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I started losing my hearing when I was around 13, and it really sucks. Now that I'm almost 18 and have been trying to function as a hearing person etc since I have been 5 (when it first dropped, though not as much as it did in the past while).. and it is really not fun. I love music, I love...

thanks for all the replies now i have some more questions :nana: how much better is the sound quality of a CI than a HA? do you know anyone(or do you yourself) who has a loss like mine and a CI? is it REALLY annoying to have to carry a battery around with you all day? _____...

Really? that's something I didn't know. Well, I don't really have to make any such decision right now since I'm not seriously considering it yet.. I'm rather just curious. But thanks for telling me that, I thought you kept what residual hearing you had.

Here's a question about everyone's *favourite* topic.. CI.. ;) I have fluctuating deafness.. usually it is at moderately severe to severe in both ears, and it will go up and down between those two often.. on occasions, it has gone up to moderate (mostly in my left ear), and I swear that on...

:werd: i have been in these situations a lot .. a couple of weeks ago, at an event, this lady who must have been in her 60s came up to me.. she asked me something, I don't know what, and kept turning her head away from me.. it was noisy, so no chance at all that I could hear anything she...

I have blue hearing aids with clear molds.. I want (blue)colored molds but that will have to wait for my next ones.. I like the idea of putting stickers/tattoos on them, i think I will try that :thumb:

hehe.. I love doing that. Sometimes they randomly start screaming though and it gets annoying.. trying to figure out whats wrong.. .. and it really annoys everyone, lol.. you have phonak aids too, right?.. what color are they? stupid question, but I love colourful hearing aids. mine are blue...

I didn't know if I should put this in the Joke or Education section, if it needs to be moved then move it :) from: http://www.taylor.lib.oh.us/teen/chbored.html 40 THINGS TO DO IN CLASS WHEN YOU ARE BORED Warning: Do not do all of them in one class. 1. Try to develop psychic...

:jaw: wow, he must be pretty strong.. that is scary.. good for him!

is it only for profound deaf?

Both.. although some people are really hard to lipread :eek:

wow .. hi tech looking :type:

wow, she seems really stupid.. or just crazy :crazy: that is a little extreme .. and why does she care if her parents approve a vacation with her boyfriend, she is 28?

is it suppose to be funny? Its horrible!! no wonder it didn't make it onto tv, its in really bad taste and I don't think many people want to see that happen to any animal :cry: car commercials :crazy:

16/16!!!! :nana:

*feel very young* You said your birthday is 7 / 20 / 1987 which means you are 16 years old and about: 70 years 9 months younger than Walter Cronkite, age 87 67 years 2 months younger than Pope John Paul II, age 83 63 years 1 month younger than George Herbert Bush, age 79 55 years 10...

In! :D why not be proud of it? its better than hating it. :dance:

thanks for all the welcome :D I wanted to know if there are any other canadian deafies here because I wanted to know what they have done/are doing after high school. I was wondering what universities have the best services/accessibility for deaf students, or whether I should consider the US...

I'd almost forgotten about my last post in here; reading over it now I can see that it wasn't my opinion, it was my immediate reaction to reading the article.. :Oops: I wrote it right after reading the article and in shock my post was more of a rant than an actual opinion. I shouldnt have...

*follows suit and kicks ron in the pants* how stupid! when will hearing people stop treating deaf people as if they are broken, and stop feeling sorry for us? it would be so much easier and less stressful for that little girl if she could learn sign, go to a school for the deaf, have friends...