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Yes that was great advice :) But i have been deaf pretty much all my life, its just steadily getting worse :( its not the hearing im losing more of but the understanding of speech and sounds that im losing:( If a CI can give me back my understanding then thats what i want. I dont want full...

I understand that getting a CI should be based on me not how it would affect others, but i do not live in a "deaf world" everyone i know now and associate with are all hearing...so really i'm the one missing out if i decide to let my hearing keep getting worse as it has been over the last 4 yrs...

Hi wow! thanks for the replies :D Ok i have thought of learning asl, but don't really have anyone i can use it with. I dont know anyone that is deaf, never really did. I know very little sign language and have communicated a little with a totally deaf person but he was also able to read lips...

Wow! i have been reading all this and a part of my heart breaks :( I have been deaf since 5-6 months old, but yet was never in the "deaf community", have spent all my life with hearing people. I never realized that some deaf people get pushed "out" by other deaf people because simply one can...

Yah had my audiogram done recently, have an appointment to see if i'm a candidate for the CI in Dec. I have thought about getting a dog for the deaf, but never did get one. I speak very well (thanks to my mom's dedication!) and most ppl don't realize i'm deaf til i say something lol. I have...

HI, I have been deaf since i was 5-6 months old, completely deaf in 1 hear and more then 65% in the other, but was never "allowed" to learn sign language (this was in the 70-80's). I was wondering if others ever in this situation? My mom put me thru years of speech therapy classes and she was...

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Thank you all for the welcomes :) I live in Eastern PA (near Quakertown/Allentown). I look forward to chatting with you guys :)

Hi, this is my 1st time on a deaf forum so bear with me :) I'm a 33 yr woman and have been deaf since i was about 5-6 months old due to meningitis. Completely deaf in the right hear and over 67% deaf in the left ear, used to use a hearing aid in the left ear and was fine for many many years...