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Maybe I'm too young to remember (24), or it's just the way I've been treated, but for me it's always been medicalized. From the very beginning I had to go to the hospital for audiograms and it was stated that I needed to sit near the teacher in class- teacher didn't sit near me, 'I' sat near...

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My friend, who uses a wheelchair and is very blunt, saying that he went to school with some Deaf and hoh people, and in his experience 'they are cliquey and rude'...I was just like....err, I don't think I am- if I'd said in my experience people who use wheelchairs are rude he's so thick-skinned...

I've had tinnitus for as long as I can remember (which is back to 6 or so, strangely when I knew/was told I had hearing loss- don't have many memories before that); it's mostly high pitched ringing a lot like when a loud noise makes your ears ring. It's almost always louder/worse in the left...

I, at nearly 25, still call my parents Mummy and Daddy (when talking to them)- I CANNOT bring myself to say Mum/Dad as, for me, that's for other people and their parents- not me. I'll call them Mum and Dad when I'm talking about them to other people- eg, this is my mum, you'd better talk to my...

In the end I contacted the PALS service who gave me another number to contact- they sent me an application form and ask that I return it with a cheque (for the admin). Luckily my boss said she'll pay for this as it's considered an employee health & wellbeing issue. I had to fill in a form (and...

Mine's a little low, so I get dizzy sometimes but nothing otherwise. Mostly it's stress, being overweight and eating lots of salty/fatty foods that can cause it- but you're not overweight and as far as I know your diet's not too bad. Try not to worry, the Drs will decide what to do when you've...

Sprite 7-Up Diet coke with lime or lemon (mmmmm) I notice the bottles say you can get money for recycling them- we have to recycle and don't get any money for it :-(

My dad says I should write a letter in positive terms, stating what I want- a printout of my audiogram and coloured moulds (it's in an older post of mine). Of course, any such letter would go to the head of audiology who is a big jerk :'(

Yeah, CJB, maybe they're trying to be polite/complimentary but I never know what to say to it. 'Well I'm not, honest'? or 'Yeah, I just make it up for fun.' Yes, you'd think deafblind services would understand. Mostly it's the general public who say 'You can't tell.' - they think it's a...

I don't know if these count as Audist but I wanted to share. Were you born like that/How long have you been deaf/Have you always been deaf- I know it's just curiousity but it feels rude to me. 'You can't tell' or 'I didn't even notice' or the dreaded 'You seem fine to me'- well, thanks, I...

I stopped drinking diet coke, it made my hands shake and gave me lots of anxiety. It cost me lots of money. I stopped two days ago, I'm very tired without it.

deafdyke and donotfeed, I don't remember a harness but I remember very little about it. I think I had it round my waist or in a pouch. As far as I know it was just headphones with a microphone for the teacher, not tailored to any hearing loss. The beige box was rectangular and smaller, and it...

That's a good idea Anij, I never thought of asking the NHS directly. The audi said I could contact PALS- but of course they're affiliated with the hospital, plus I contact them daily about foreign-language interpreters for my work and I don't want to get in their bad books. Yes, I know that...

(said by my evil first boyfriend during an argument after he mutters something under his breath): 'You heard me.' Or- someone says something, I catch bits of it say and say 'What was that?' then I guess from the context and respond, then they say 'See, you did hear me!'- I don't think this is...

Parents are making piella with chicken :-) and rhubarb crumble for dessert...my favourite!

Ooh yes, I went to an audiologist who stood a few feet away from me in reception and practically whispered- I thought. 'oh, great...', then we get into the room and he says 'HI I'M IAN' painfully loudly! My hospital's audiology section on their website contains only a phone number, no email or...

donotfeed, all I can remember is that it was a black box with spongy headband type headphones attached. Later I had a smaller beige box (FM radio aid) attached to my hearing aids, then a longer rectangular black one with a little flicky switch/red lights when it was on or off.

I remember bits and pieces, and feelings. Somebody said snapshots, I agree. My first memory is when I was about 3-4 and was in playgroup and another girl fell off the slide and broke her arm. Then nothing til my 5th birthday reading out my birthday card aloud from my nana. Then 6-7 and bits of...

They'll let me look on the computer but won't print it out for me to take away. Wow, overthepond, where do you live? Basically, I could ask my GP to request it, but don't know if they'd do this for me-or for free- or I can write to the hospital and pay a fee for printouts of my records. She said...