hearing aid in one ear....and people think the other ear is fine..

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Hearing people ,just because im not completely deaf in my right ear. they think they can whisper in my ear...lol you got to be kidding me..lol hahaha..now my left hear is complete deaf, my right is sever profound...crazy..my
 
:lol:...people assume that since I can speak...well, I can't be deaf....and yeah...I've had those who will :giggle:...and whisper in my ear...probably a secret or something they "don't want other people to hear"...and forgeting that it does no good to "whisper in my ear' because I'm profound deaf in both....

Have you had those crazies that will "shout and spit at the same time"?....Even those guys will will lift up their moustaches...so you can read their lips?.....

Even those weirdos that will make all kinds of "gestures" while they talk...thinking they know sign language...ahh. it gets hilarious at times...especially if the person has been drinking or high....
 
I wore 2 hearing aids, and even people that have known me for years still think that they can whisper in my ears....

I usually push them away and say "Did you know that I am deaf?"

Usually does the trick...
 
rockin'robin said:
:lol:...people assume that since I can speak...well, I can't be deaf....and yeah...I've had those who will :giggle:...and whisper in my ear...probably a secret or something they "don't want other people to hear"...and forgeting that it does no good to "whisper in my ear' because I'm profound deaf in both....

Have you had those crazies that will "shout and spit at the same time"?....Even those guys will will lift up their moustaches...so you can read their lips?.....

Even those weirdos that will make all kinds of "gestures" while they talk...thinking they know sign language...ahh. it gets hilarious at times...especially if the person has been drinking or high....
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OMG I can totally picture this. You crack me UP, Robin!! :laugh2:
 
"you speak really well for a deaf person!" this one I got in Jan. at a deaf coffee social (and funny enough, I was the only deaf one that showed up lol). Yeah ok, they were just first time ASL students in high school... but still.... i wanted to say "duh ever heard of speech therapy?!" but I was nice and just said I had years of speech therapy.
 
cdmeggers said:
"you speak really well for a deaf person!" this one I got in Jan. at a deaf coffee social (and funny enough, I was the only deaf one that showed up lol). Yeah ok, they were just first time ASL students in high school... but still.... i wanted to say "duh ever heard of speech therapy?!" but I was nice and just said I had years of speech therapy.
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My first thought.........and were they "OMG Deaf people so cool?" LOL....Sorry, I think posting here and encountering some of the tEeNy "oMg...aSl sO fUn!" people has made me jaded....LOL.
 
rockin'robin said:
Even those weirdos that will make all kinds of "gestures" while they talk...thinking they know sign language...ahh. it gets hilarious at times...especially if the person has been drinking or high....
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Ok, I have a confession to make... I am one of those weird hearing people that gestures with their hands while I talk :giggle:. I don't do it because I think I know sign language, though (although I am learning so I actually can say real things with my hands now :) )... It's really just a natural thing for me- not really sure why, just how I've always been. Some cultures do a bit more gesturing than others from what I've seen and heard (my husband is Jewish and he always jokes about how I must be part Jew because I talk with my hands so much, apparently Jews are one of the ones that talk with their hands a lot). I think Southerners have a tendency to talk with their hands a bit as well- at least from what I've seen, because I know quite a few hearing people who gesture a lot while talking.
 
cdmeggers said:
"you speak really well for a deaf person!" this one I got in Jan. at a deaf coffee social (and funny enough, I was the only deaf one that showed up lol). Yeah ok, they were just first time ASL students in high school... but still.... i wanted to say "duh ever heard of speech therapy?!" but I was nice and just said I had years of speech therapy.
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I had to explain to a friend of mine just today how many deaf people do still have good speech. My daughter is 3 and recently we found out she has moderate to severe hearing loss and he made a comment about her still being able to speak fairly well. I was like "duh, she lost her hearing, not her vocal cords!". He has met a few deaf people and apparently they all had "deaf accents" (not sure what you call that, thought I had heard it referred to that way somewhere- hope that term is not offensive, if so, please let me know) so he was assuming that everyone with hearing loss develops a "deaf accent". I had to explain that she had already developed speech before she lost her hearing, so of course she would speak pretty well still (although she is beginning to get harder to understand at times and runs things together- she doesn't have hearing aids yet and we have not started speech therapy yet, she was just diagnosed last month so everything is still in the "getting the ball rolling" stage). I also explained that people go to speech therapy to help develop better speech- so not all deaf people will "sound deaf" sometimes :).
 
I have been hearing impared all my life and about 2 years ago got hearing aids..now I can hear crickets fart! But people still dont understand that if they dont get my attention I'm still not going to hear them because I tune out things that aren't important to listen to (like some of my mouthy co-workers)!!
 
I don't think I've ever experienced this. Usually once they see my aid, there is no whispering unless they don't want me to hear. :giggle:

I could see this happening more to women though, it can be an excuse for guys to get close to them.
 
HOH female going deaf

Im new here, and fairly new at this chatting thing. Just trying to meet new people who are going through the same thing as I. I've had hearing aids since the age of 6, and recently had an audiologist test that conformed 92% hearing loss in right ear, and 88% in left. I will be deaf by the time I'm 40....in less then 2 years. Just looking for someone to talk to who can help me through this rough patch. Started ASL about 6 months ago and love it, but having a hard time convincing people to SPEAK UP or SHUT UP:) Any advice would be greatly helpful.
 
kim1975 said:
Im new here, and fairly new at this chatting thing. Just trying to meet new people who are going through the same thing as I. I've had hearing aids since the age of 6, and recently had an audiologist test that conformed 92% hearing loss in right ear, and 88% in left. I will be deaf by the time I'm 40....in less then 2 years. Just looking for someone to talk to who can help me through this rough patch. Started ASL about 6 months ago and love it, but having a hard time convincing people to SPEAK UP or SHUT UP:) Any advice would be greatly helpful.
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Welcome, Kim.

Mods, move this to the introduction section so Kim can get more responses.
 
Having to use ear drops 2 times a day...my ears always have cotton in them.....Once a lady was talking to me and I told her that I was deaf.....and she said "take out the cotton so you can hear me"....:roll:
 
JadeSkye said:
Ok, I have a confession to make... I am one of those weird hearing people that gestures with their hands while I talk :giggle:. I don't do it because I think I know sign language, though (although I am learning so I actually can say real things with my hands now :) )... It's really just a natural thing for me- not really sure why, just how I've always been. Some cultures do a bit more gesturing than others from what I've seen and heard (my husband is Jewish and he always jokes about how I must be part Jew because I talk with my hands so much, apparently Jews are one of the ones that talk with their hands a lot). I think Southerners have a tendency to talk with their hands a bit as well- at least from what I've seen, because I know quite a few hearing people who gesture a lot while talking.
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You haven't been around italians very much then..and we don't mean like moving your hands a lot we mean that people literally MAKE up signs ...it's quite entertaining actually ..even better when they are talking reallllyyyy sloooooow and YELLING while making up their own sign language that's reallyyyy entertaining :)
 
kim1975 said:
Im new here, and fairly new at this chatting thing. Just trying to meet new people who are going through the same thing as I. I've had hearing aids since the age of 6, and recently had an audiologist test that conformed 92% hearing loss in right ear, and 88% in left. I will be deaf by the time I'm 40....in less then 2 years. Just looking for someone to talk to who can help me through this rough patch. Started ASL about 6 months ago and love it, but having a hard time convincing people to SPEAK UP or SHUT UP:) Any advice would be greatly helpful.
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Hi Kim, I'm sorry you're going through a rough patch. My brother, who was hearing impaired, has been going through the same thing the last 6-9 months or so. He just recently lost all of it, and is going through the process for CI approval. We both lip read, and I do my part by keeping my mustache trimmed and being patient. But ya know, some days are better than others. Keep me posted, please.
 
lovezebras said:
You haven't been around italians very much then..and we don't mean like moving your hands a lot we mean that people literally MAKE up signs ...it's quite entertaining actually ..even better when they are talking reallllyyyy sloooooow and YELLING while making up their own sign language that's reallyyyy entertaining :)
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I agree. I've had people yell in my ear, talk slow and loud like you metioned, which drives me nuts, it seems to echo inside my head. I just tell them how to talk to me and usually everything works out.
Now having said that, I take a mini tablet with me at all times, plus a pen. If I'm having difficulty picking up what a friend is telling me at a meal, for instance, they write it down for me.
 
I run into that a lot. But I think it's a natural assumption so I don't hold it against anyone. I mean I have a hearing aid in one ear, why would they assume that the ear with no aid in it is deaf?? It makes a lot more sense that you can hear out of it if there's no aid in it than you can't. There's an aid in the other ear right? Why would you have an aid in the other ear if it had hearing issues too, at least that is what they're going to be thinking.
 
rockin'robin said:
:lol:...people assume that since I can speak...well, I can't be deaf....and yeah...I've had those who will :giggle:...and whisper in my ear...probably a secret or something they "don't want other people to hear"...and forgeting that it does no good to "whisper in my ear' because I'm profound deaf in both....

Have you had those crazies that will "shout and spit at the same time"?....Even those guys will will lift up their moustaches...so you can read their lips?.....

Even those weirdos that will make all kinds of "gestures" while they talk...thinking they know sign language...ahh. it gets hilarious at times...especially if the person has been drinking or high....
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Yea lots of people think HOH means sounds are too soft. It doesn't occur to them that with hearing loss, things are both too soft and too unclear, so shouting is not going to help and will probably make it less clear lol :)
 
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