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Ruh-roh! I guess I better do more research on them before my appointment.

Oh, I never had that problem so I have no advice for you. It did remind me of when I got my first pair of HA's a lifetime ago. Everything was so LOUD. I kept adjusting the volume lower and lower and lower until my Mom complained that my hearing actually seemed worse when I had them in. Turns...

Nope, unless you count my Dad who tried to hide it from himself. He didn't believe that I was deaf and wouldn't even consider letting me get HA's for a while. He thought I was "faking it". :crazy: My Dr. convinced him it would be impossible to replicate the results of several hearing tests...

I'm thinking I'm looking forward to watching a production of "The Frog Prince" that some local deaf students are putting on tonight. I plan to sit in the front even if it means I have to drag the husband down to the seats by his ear :D

Yes but selling online, I just say no but thanks anyway. It does get annoying if you get a lot of offers like that because it wastes your time. I've been on the opposite end too, we just bought a van that someone had on Craigslist for $3,000 and we offered them $800. They ended up calling my...

Thank you thank you thanky you to Sarfari and others. Back and forth e-mails with my Audiologist and I found out that they don't have a trial for hearing aids but they do have a couple of programs that I can apply to for reduced payment plans and that sort of thing but there is a wait list...

.:ty: Sarfari, I'm saving up for a new pair. I wish there was a way to test drive them before spending money :hmm: That way if they weren't much more help I could opt not to get them

My last eval was last Summer and they adjusted the aids then because I had a decrease in my hearing since I bought them. I've had numerous ear infections this Winter though, where before I've only had one a year if that, and it seems that my hearing deteriorates whenever I have a bad infection...

I don't even bother watching t.v. anymore, a lot of the time even if the CC is working the show will go to commercial and when it comes back the CC is gone for 2-3 minutes. Ugh. Where we live, it's very rural so not sure if that contributes to it. It really stinks when House is on though, not a...

I voted "rarely". I took them out 3 months ago and have only worn them once since. Prior to that they were the first thing I put on in the morning and the last thing I took off, but I think it might have been habit. They aren't as helpful as I remember them being, they actually make it harder...

:laugh2: I love this idea! My kids probably wouldn't, seeing as how I'd expect them to use it, but who asked them? Best Easter for me ever. Ha! *disclaimer* I wouldn't actually do that, but thinking it over it sounds exactly like the type of thing I'd find in MY Easter basket if I still got...

If you have time, would you mind making a small list of some of your favorite books and sites? I am learning in class with my husband and trying to teach my children at home and I've been looking for resources to use like the OP has.

:ty:Thank you, everyone. I lost my bookmark for here and just found it again. Ha! Sapphire, I do go to St. Rita's for classes. Are you in Charlene's class? I attend with my husband and I'm the one who she occassionally stands in front of and repeats what she has just said so I can lip read...

:ty: Thank you, Beach Girl! I love me some smileys, so glad I have them back now :dance2:

The video monitor is a good idea, I had forgotten about those! They used to sell them cheaply at the used children's consignment stores around me. Do you let the people on the other end know if you are using a CapTel? Or that there was a third party translating what they were saying? I tried...

Thank you everyone! I keep hopping around from one post to another and pretty much everybody seems pretty nice on here. The forum is huge! I didn't even realize how far down you could scroll to see all of the different sub-forums on the main page. I managed to lose the button to add smileys...

Ah, no. I just googled cart. We couldn't afford that and the school doesn't offer it. It is a little private school, an art school. I decided I was paying too much for my tuition and not getting the education to go with it so I dropped out, which makes me feel like a loser right? Because I can't...

Dogmom, he enjoys it so far but he thinks I am learning faster than him. Probably I am because I'm teaching our children too and spend a lot of time looking up new words so that along with asking for milk our youngest can also sign that she wants milk although I'm not sure if if I'm getting the...

@natty 4ever, I have never heard of the captel phone. That looks great! Do you have one? I wonder how accurate it is? Sorry, deafmama. I didn't mean to hijack your thread. I am hard of hearing too with four children. I actually have more problems with my husband than with my children, he...

I just started reading this forum a few days ago and love it here already. I was born hard of hearing but not diagnosed until I was 13 because I learned to lip read as a toddler thanks to my Mother who loved to sit on the couch and read to my siblings and I when we were younger. Everyone...