It's just amazing how much hearing I have lost since 2011 when I was last tested. In 2011 I just had mild hearing loss, but not it being moderate almost into severe, it's not only a bit frightening, but very confusing. I feel like I'm operating way out of my element. The audi wasn't pleased to know that the way I have been dealing with this was severely damaging. I turned things way, way up to try to enjoy things as I have always been accustomed.
I'd like some smaller hearing aids, but from what the audi told me, Rehabilitation Services only pay for the 'old people' hearing aids you described. I have considered just going sound off and using my limited ASL (I took ASL 1 when I really started to notice my hearing getting worse and I got an A. For the other students there, it was just a grade, for me it was assurance for future loss. Better to learn some ASL while you can hear a bit than when you can't I guess.)
I'm waiting to get a reply back from the audi about documents to give my school. I'm a community college student in a general studies major geared for guaranteed transfer. I did manage to track down the disability person, I went to the college's site and found the employee directory and contacted admissions looking for the point of contact.
They want the documents and they want to know what services I require. I sounded like an idiot in my reply because I have no idea what services I need since I don't really know what the school has. I had to admit the SDV 101 class I took a week or so ago, that I couldn't hear them and basically surfed the web the whole time.
I'm retaking a class I tried to get dual credit in high school but failed this semester, but it has a lab and it, like my other classes are fairly large, meaning plenty of excess background noise, meaning I won't be able to hear through it at all. I have plenty of concerns due to so many uncertainties and new changes, so please be patient with me.
