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I practically live on ramen noodles. It's one of the easiest things to get a lot of for cheap, fills you up, and I can walk to the store.

Don't get my wrong. I know healthier is better. I prefer healthier. But healthy is hard to get to where I live. Having no car and crappy public transportation doesn't help. I'm just making this point though to show why other people shouldn't judge those who eat unhealthy. Sometimes it's their...

I can't carry one week's worth of food. If I did groceries only I would have to go 3-4 times a week cause that's the most I can carry at once.

I hate having to do this, but sometimes I turn my voice off until the person I'm talking to understands I can't hear them. I hate having to do it cause it perpetuates the idea that deaf equals mute. And I have a perfectly good voice that I like to use and it feels like lying not to use it. But...

Great analogy!

Not everything is just about you faire_jour. There are tons of hearing people out there with that mentality, people you and I don't even know. It's not fair to put words in Shel's mouth like that. And again, your question has been answered. Just because deaf people have complaints about every...

I still want to point out that going to the grocery store and cooking all those meals take a lot more time and effort than going down the road to McDonald's. Effort that working parents don't have. 1) I could spend a dollar taking the bus, waiting for the bus (it only comes from 8 to 5 in one...

The whole point is it takes more effort. Fast food is more accessible than healthy food.

No surprise there. The food options here are lamentable. Seriously. McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell, Bojangle's, KFC. It's next to impossible to find healthy food unless you're willing to spend an arm and a leg at Sam's Club or Harris Teeter's and then cook yourself at home.

I don't think it's an insecurity issue so much as the fact that even if a deaf child can access speech through powerful HA's or a CI, they still need visual language as backup because any number of things can happen to HA's and CI's.

Which is it? It doesn't have to be one or the other. Most hearing people are very happy about being able to hear. But that doesn't mean that a crying baby or chalk on a blackboard doesn't drive them nuts. That doesn't mean that not being able to fall asleep to loud neighbors or not being able...

:laugh2: I like this method. :cool2:

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I know. I have an NFB as a backup, I could just never use it all the time.

I think the NFB canes suck, lol. But each to his own. :)

There are a lot of visually impaired people who only use a cane in certain lighting conditions. For example i have a friend with Leber's who can see fine in dim light but needs a cane outside during the day. A lot of Usher's Type II and III can see fine during the day but need to use a cane at...

And most of us probably do this, but is it worth it for every minor exchange?

Even though I'm "only" HOH I I can't understand speech in noisy areas. I can definitely relate to the frustration of having to explain yourself over and over again. In my case it's explaining that I can hear them but not understand them, that yelling doesn't help, and explaining print on palm...

It's a failure to see things from another perspective. I'm sure if this person were born deaf or went deaf and got a CI they'd be singing another tune.

You should consult with your local Orientation and Mobility instructor. I can tell you the cane I use and why. I use a 60 inch rigid graphite cane with a ceramic tip. It has a rubber handle and an elastic string that runs through it, that you can hook different tips to on the end. 60 inches -...