Recent content by Nita Thomas

I went thru hell in public school.that stressed oral.speech, refused to let me sing and decided I was too dumb for college. I read at a college level so in 6th grade per my godmother a,reading readiness teacher in another town I aced my ACT and SAT tests in math only to be put in pre calculus...

Not all food has the same properties for replacing an ingredient so at best I'd say no. For instance I use honey rather than sugar when I bake deserts, but since it's honey I use 1/2 the amount that the sugar is in the recipe. Adding ingredients like meat could change the shape or size of the...

Comatose do many things so even though she is deaf, do orally speak and sing too because they tend to have unique out of the body, supernatural abilities. If you can hold her hand and write into it try doing that too.

That is awesome!

I used to garden and miss it a lot now that im.in an apartment. Very active outdoors doing anything with water .... Ice skating, snow skiing, swimming, boating or fishing.

Not normal at all. Is he suffering from anxiety at all? Consider allergy testing as that could also be an issue.

There are groups on Facebook for hard if hearing and deaf to chat, those may help.you. I find we are always fighting to be accepted by the hearing community. Some prefer to avoid us completely, others do not have patience to rephrase something we've misunderstood. My family and friends...

How does that work for loudness? This is the first time I heard of this method.

Well I am hard of hearing with a profound high frequency deafness all my life. Personally I take offense to your take in deaf speak...we use proper Eng!ish and are not language deficient. Most of my my total deaf encounters know proper English. ASL uses hands to speak so it does not follow...

Everyone differs. I tend to talk too loud. This is normal because we usually cannot tell how softly or loudly we speak ... I ask people tp.just motion with their hands to increase it decrease my volume. Not easy for any of us, though.

Crafts and hobbies with products to sell .

No. I will seek to join it! Thanks!

I have Oticon hearing aids now. Have worn different brands including Starkey in the past. This is meant as a general topic. Changes are needed to help all of us.

Given most insurance plans either do not cover hearing aids for both ears or even have a partial coverage whereas insurance may offer a set fee towards a hearing aid, what can we do to change this? In the US Vocational Rehabilitation will only cover hearing aids if you have a full time job...

What is a MS group? Multiple Sclerosis?