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Welcome!

Um no b/c insurance companies tend NOT to be very generous. I don't mean to sound rude, but you don't seem to understand how insurance companies work. Heck, it can be hard enough to get approval for one if you have a bilateral loss. Insurance companies HATE CIs.

In some cases when they have very generous coverage yes they will cover it, but they won't cover it in general b/c insurance companies tend not to be that generous

Nope. Maybe you're thinking of someone else. I never had a relationship with her beyond talking on FB before I found out that she was very unbalanced

Yes, she did, and I remember hearing that people thought you changed your name b/c of how insane that poster was.

I know this is going to get all triggering but remember that insane poster who wasn't even deaf, but who hung out here b/c she had a crush on one of the members here? They'd never met, and she would call the deaf woman every so often....I think she had borderline personality, bipolar etc

This is a weird choice of forum to complain about the interlock device.

Welcome! ASL is a great second language for HOH kiddos. What usually happens is that the kid can be very oral until 4th grade when the lightbulb goes on that ASL can help!

Good luck with getting them as the insurance companies are going to refuse to cover them. I just LOVE how certain people seem to think there is money to unwrap. There is no money to unwrap. Most of us are struggling with the cost of regular healthcare not to add in hearing related healthcare.

Welcome! Fix your contact info otherwise you'll get contacted by guys wanting to be your boyfriend.....and it sounds like you'll fit in perfectly here!

Take an ASL class... there's a ton of mainstreamed and raised oral/hearing world people out there. I feel for you. Social issues are HARD, even for hearing people.

If it helps they usually don't tell you about it as an option even if you're dhh.

B/c the experience is very different, and the info is very much Hearing Health 101, rather then emphasis on community. It's like the difference between a young person's Blind support group vs a VI group for older age aquired sight issues.

BTW, not only is HLAA not exactly interesting, it has connections to AG Bell. Dhh from birth/early childhood are automaticly enrolled in AG Bell's membership. It's also against dhh kids being educated bilingally. It also thinks that there's money to unwrap by keeping dhh young people dependant...

Welcome back! Wish it wasn't so slow here!

LOL. Sure wish they had a local residental college program. But they are an AMAZING source of Deaf events!

*snort* No, it's about that particular organization. I know you like it, but it does tend towards older late deafened people simply b/c of the demographics of hearing loss. If there were other groups I'd strongly reccomend them.

Don't say "only" HOH. Most dhh as kids people have been raised pretty much "like hearing" in the past few decades. Even 30 years ago kids were mainstreamed to the max and grew up oral.

Why does that hurt your feelings? You know I've been told by members of HLAA that their approach is boring. 90% of the reason why they're members is due to the socialization.