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Hi. I can only speak from a late-deafened perspective. I became deaf abruptly due to injury in March of 2022, so it was definitely life changing. I can answer at least one of your questions. how do you think deafness has impacted your parenting or your relation to your child? My teenage...

I don't have any site recommendations, but I have found a great way to connect is maybe research local deaf events in your area. I met someone at a deaf movie night event and although we did not date long, we still remain friends. I am a little old school, I like to meet in person, and dating...

Hi @BradMichaelCaskey , nice to meet you. I am Novella. A late deafened lady.

hey @melissaanathea , welcome! I lost my hearing a year ago in an accident. Before that I was only single-sided deaf, but the accident resulted in permanent loss of hearing to my other ear. It is definately a life-changing experience and one that you will sure to need support in. From what I...

Yea, I saw another article in WIRED and found it interesting. I think it is still in the trial phases in Europe/US due to some issues, but I guess China worked out the kinks already. Good for them! I did see that the gene therapy only works through the early development stages, which is why it...

Yes, Both definitely helps!

Mart these are beautiful! what an amazing talent you have!

Oh what lovely hobbies everyone has! :) Mine is screenwriting.

I have so been here before lol. I have a setting on my apple watch that notifies me of sounds...this helps. Even if it doesn't fall under the category of sound like running water, or dog barking, it will still notify me and get my attention that something is indeed making noise. I just start...

I prefer seeing sign language. My eyes start to get cross-eyed reading the scrolling screen of captions lol. I prefer the beauty of sign language. It is beautiful to me, because everyone has their own flow of signing, as one has different dialects to speech.

Welcome @hanaria ! How are you?

hi @SilkJunkie and welcome! The struggle for meeting new friends is real but I think you came to a great place. I have met quite a few friends from here since becoming profoundly deaf March of last year due to injury. I hope you can connect with some great folks on here, as, in my opinion...

hi @liz023 , Welcome! From what I have gathered from this site, most seem to be very friendly and have created a safe space to converse, vent, provide resources and share experiences! Glad you are here!

Life after Deaf is a good one by Noel Holston for us late deafened. Helps in regard to dealing with suddent deafness due to injury.

Hi Vic Pal! I am learning ASL as well. There are a couple of groups that do some zoom meetings on here. You should join. Are you Deaf. deaf. HOH, or hearing?

@Barbaro Thank you for your feedback! :) I am a pretty direct lady but have run across people that are not willing to even want to learn, so I have to call it quits, as I see no long term in that. Otter App, I will have to look at that one. Currently I am trying out all the different apps people...

Nice to meet you as well! My daughter LOVES anime! What is your favorite Anime? I do photography and screenwriting for fun. How about you?

Thank you for this!!!! I appreciate the support!

Hi Corr from Spain! Love me some writers! I am a screenwriter myself. Mostly Psychological Thrillers! Romance Novels, whooooooa huge market for that no doubt! That must be fun to write? Do you love it?? I would love to support in purchasing one of your books, as I have no read many Romance...

Unfortunately I got ghosted on a date planned, so yea, not same fella, but I press on hahaha. Daughter is great, I think I tricked her into liking ASL just a bit, but sorry not sorry! How else do we trick children? WITH TECHNOLOGY! So she we have this app together that she enjoys typing things...