Recent content by muddy feet

UK.....

Firstly, learn to like yourself as confidence is important buy a video camera if your do not have a laptop that can allow you to facetime/whatapp time....all the usual. Being isolated as a deaf person is normal esp-when you have not been brought up in a deaf community with deaf parents or gone...

i was born deaf & told to (have) hearing aids as a child, however the older i got science deveopled more powerful hearing aids that gave sev/to profound hearing people, a relatively normal persons hearing range....and my eyes a rest from lipreading. But the older i get the more disoriented by...

My first point is that I live in England, so i cannot comment upon the States. However, in the UK no-one gets a Disabled badge easily, we all have to go through our GP's who say yes or no. No ONE GETS AWAY WITH ANYTHING, even if you are in a wheelchair-you may beable to walk on odd days. My...

Hello, you sound so content , the right person will come along when you least expect it....just don't say about your homes, let her like you, not what you own. Does that make sense> ? write about you....your interest....what makes you tic... good luck & bye...

mute: everyone has a different language acquisition , lip readers only get 30% of lippattens right leaving 80% wrong. You have no-vocal language but are able to some express sounds & this must be frustrating for you. But you are right most deaf people do use sign language to communicate with.But...

you, do not want people to know what your thinking, but you are asking questions regarding deaf relations with hearing people. who ever said it was dangerously inappropriate to mix hearing with the deaf ...i feel is wrong! on so many levels. but you have to conduct a rel yourself asking others...

Hello, can i ask what do you mean by status>? work, married, widowed, deaf or country>? its an innocent question & leads you onto so much -in terms of a persons interpretation of the work status. bye

I like the way you write, life is one big story. Interesting!! & i love the message that being deaf is not a problem in life...but it is isn't it...esp if you lose your balance. And with C.IM the statistics that have come from research have suggested that most people that have C.IM go on to dev...

a deaf persons voice is unique, maybe that is why you like it? as most sounds range differently from being vulnerable to sounding rather aggressive in tone? which may not be deliberate but the frustration invigorates most hearing peoples minds. As a deaf person myself from my experience i...

anxiety;and covid...in a different way to what you mean, life and living with agendas , life and living with responsibility's or depression /anxiety ...i was having this conversation as to why so many people think you are mad if you have anxiety issues plus depressed. MHI effect us all at...

rape along with domestic violence is problematic for deaf or hearing: women need to stand up to the perpetrator however the reason that they cannot is often due to the fact that they fear that they will not be believed. And this happens in all cultures & religions, I say women but it can and...