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I will actually be in Nyc around late march! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using AllDeaf App mobile app

Coworker: (Something.. something ) .. oh can I change your diaper? I replied by repeating what i heard back to them, a laugh and "sure whatever makes you happy" My coworkers just about died laughing and about ten minutes later I deduced that the comment was actually about my changing my...

I think I did this interview too, it was useful to reflect on those questions. I found my experience to be quite different yet my feelings to be very similar. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using AllDeaf App mobile app

Those sound like fun, rewarding jobs. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using AllDeaf App mobile app

Played the clarinet for 7 years got bored play the accordion now and love it. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using AllDeaf App mobile app

My dad, he plays the bass and is just about if not already legally deaf... or do you mean famous musicians? Lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using AllDeaf App mobile app

Haha, my dad beat my ass for never mind, never understood until I experienced it myself... The futility of certain people who continue to communicate and do not understand the necessity to adapt if they want communication to be effective. There is at least one person I work with who talks to...

You're already 'living', with it. You want strategies to thrive with it. And while you can't expect those not In your situation to understand, their support still helps. You cannot ever really count on anyone for anything, or at least, you shouldn't, you'll be quickly disappointed. I could...

Hello fellow Oregonians :) Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using AllDeaf App mobile app

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Ambrosia's fish quote is great. The headaches and the frustration of trying to figure out the 30% you get from lip reading is not fun. I used to get so upset just trying to talk or listen. He didn't end up signing by accident. Miscommunication is a part of relationships and an old friend to many...

So did they speak the words to her? I would repeat the words back so I don't accidentally spell the wrong word. Visual learners rock! I was the best speller in my class until college, now it is deplorable.. Now I use my visual-spacial processor to memorize large concepts, signs, speeches or my...

In grade school my dad did his version of speech therapy, which worked, then I had it a couple times at school, I used to think this is not for 'me', this was way before I knew the true state of my hearing. Though when I got those hearing tests I would throw them away before my dad who's deaf...

My teachers gave me a statistic something like 10% are deaf with deaf parents. Here's a link to an interesting study about that figure. http://tinyurl.com/k9yndk6 My dad is deaf and I'm severe HOH, the small percentage with one deaf parent is telling, and from my experience with my parent's...

Lol! , yes , i want one to go with my walking dead shirt! & @silverroxy I dont know who's gonna make it to terminus first, i think they're all gonna catch up with each-other somehow, but it will be cool if they get a train system going, am i the only one that thinks terminus sounds ominous...

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Woo hoo for nerve damage, and woo hoo for middle ears, and hurrah for mixed loss. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using AllDeaf App mobile app

Haha, that depends, she might drop a sign once in a blue moon. But it got the message across, that I would like to talk with her more but it too stressful. I talked to her exponentially less until I moved out. I think botte has a point about finding a network of deaf friends, in that your...

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Hiya, welcome!