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In my experience, up until 2 years ago i was a 'hearing person' now i find myself in the Deaf world, i had nothing to do with 'deaf culture' as i was very ignorant to 'deaf people' i find i still say the wrong things. But it can be a very steep learning curve, don't hide deafness away. Make it...

In the UK we are not allowed or told by medical professionals to use cotton buds (Qtips) as the swabs can push the wax inside the ear making your hearing worse. I have now in the last few month been told to use Olive Oil 3 drops per ear anything from 1ce a week to 4 times a week to keep my ears...

I was refused coloured moulds, but i still can hope for the future :) i love the purple glitter

I only read the first post.. I looked at makaton. I am from the uk but it is designed for kids. It has only a few basic key words so your child can tell you if they are hungry or how they feel. There is a english tv program called something special youtube has videos on how to use this simple...

Thank you for this information it has helped alot

I have my appointment for my new hearing aids, I find myself scared and not wanting. To go but also excited and looking Forward To being able to hear. I was not in time to ask to have my mould coloured but when i am asleep and dreaming or i think about what they will look and feel like, i...

I have looked into learning. bsl british sign language but i also looked at makaton, the basic language for kids with signs and images. But i don't know if that is used everywhere or if it is just for british kids. It would be nice to have universal sign language rather. Than different languages

I think stress does effect tinnitus, I have had a slowly increasing stress level over last few weeks, I currently have troubles hearing people talking to me even in a quiet room, I am missing important sounds like the phone ringing, people knocking on the door. I am struggling to even hear the...

Oh this made me laugh so hard my husband actually stopped what he was doing, so I showed him the image and we both started to laugh.

If you was to learn a sign language, which language would you learn Timothy?

when i was 16 i had my best friends boyfriends dad trying to have a full blown relationship with me. I was so young and naive at the time it was not until i was pulled to one side by a total stranger (in the bathroom of a family pub) telling me what was going on. i was shocked that i did not...

I don't even know if mine would benefit someone else, i have so may issues, i would love to donate them, but i don't want to give someone something that has got a possible fault, next time i see my audiologist i shall ask them best thing to do since i will have no use for them. What do you guys...

this thread always make me feel warm and fluffy, I follow this post all the time,

Feels Ready to join in again :D

see i am confused to why i don't seem to have the things people want. Thank you for your reply. are my aids just a toy? i feel like i got a bad deal with these. these are my first ever aids (i am getting new ones i am just wanting to get my appointment ) Ear Moulded too. even my current...

I am going to post a website link here. i do not understand some of the features mentioned.. I was trying to work out if i was miss advice my original audiologist when i was given these aids. I was told i could have access to the T loop System but i would have to have it programmed by them...

I totally understand and you make a very valid point. I know if I was at school and had bsl it would definitely be easier for me to communicate right now. Me and my sister have both become deaf and it is very had for us to talk as she lives in a complete different country to me So if we could...

I shall look into donation as I have no use for them once I get my new ones. Thank you and I am going to try find somewhere to send them. I would rather Donate than throw away.

Me and my husband was looking for something like this end of 2016 but couldn't find anything. Do you know if there is anything like this but closer to Grantham? Thank you for this post

Hello everyone, I have a beautiful black cat called Dracula, he is my absolute beautiful boy. I can hear his high pitched meow most of the time but what I want most of all is to hear his purr rather than just been able to feel it. I sat and thought about this the other day and it makes me want...