who's Ddeaf,Hhoh and hearing here on ADforum?

are you Hoh, Deaf, Hearing?

  • Deaf

    Votes: 18 47.4%

  • Hoh

    Votes: 15 39.5%

  • Hearing

    Votes: 3 7.9%

  • Hearing but involved with someone who is in option one or two

    Votes: 2 5.3%
  • Total voters
    38
Hear Again said:
Without my CIs, I'm deaf. With my CIs, I'm HoH. I'm also totally blind and know (tactile) sign. :)
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deaf/blind here also.

I'm not sure with CI whether I am still deaf or HoH haha. I cannot understand speech with it.

I still see some, enough for careful reading of large or magnified text from close up... No central vision left eye and holes in vision of right eye. I can see what doesn't 'fall in the holes', if it is close enough to be somewhat clear.
 
pek1 said:
Deaf, but my speech is very good. If a person was paying attention, they'd hear the deafness in my voice.
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:giggle: Couldn't help but giggle...we've been there and done that, haven't we, my friend?
 
Profoundly deaf ..grew up oral with no sign language..have good speech skills but prefer ASL over speech.
 
jenni-m said:
I'm not sure with CI whether I am still deaf or HoH haha. I cannot understand speech with it.
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You bring up an interesting point. :) Would being able to hear environmental sounds with a CI make you HoH or deaf? Hmmm. I guess it depends upon your perspective. For example, although I consider myself HoH with my CIs, I also know that they (my CIs) don't make me "hearing." In that respect, I'm deaf whether I can understand speech or not.
 
I'm deaf, can speak, read lips, and sign. ;)
 
Hi, I am Deaf, I can speak with a Deaf accent, love to use ASL a lot more than speech. I lipread but not that good lipreader. Usually I can talk to hearing people one way and if I could not understand what they say back, then it is a one way street. I have to make hearing people write down on notes for me.
 
I am profoundly deaf. Use HA's but still can't understand speech with them. I am a very good speech reader, and I use Spoken English to communicate most of the time. I also sign (PSE) and use that with my d/Deaf friends.
 
I consider myself deaf despite being able to speak well and function like a person with a very mild hearing loss.

I think my pitch on constants is slightly off because quite a few foreigners (usually from Asian countries) tend to get confused when I pronounce some of my constants; it's my understanding that pitch is important in many Asian countries. Most natives don't have a problem with my pitch.
 
I am HoH. I also work as an Interpreter. My student is HoH and what is funny is on days that I forget my hearing aid my student hears better than me sometimes.

I was born with otiosclorosis (spelling wrong I am sure). Had a stapedectomy (spelling bad I am sure) in1989 where they found nerve damage. I keep loosing more hearing.

I would prefer to be completly deaf. They are the only ones that have totally accpeted me. Well, not really totally. But they don't make fun of me like a lot of hearing people do.
 
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