HH scientist
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Hello everyone!
I am a newbie to this forum and I am looking forward to hearing the life stories of other people like me. I am completely deaf in one hear and about 50% in my other ear. I have never made acquaintance with other HOHs and I know only a few people who have 'normal' hearing. Communicating with strangers is as difficult as fleeing over the Berlin Wall.
I used to wear hearing aids for a while when was younger when they were still analog. Later, I switched to a digital hearing aid. In both cases, I felt that it was difficult to use and today I do not wear any device at all. In my case, I get the impression that hearing aids only create an illusion and false hope. I wonder whether people with a cochlear implant feel fully 'rehabilitated'.
My greatest interest is science and that is also what I do for a living (doing a PhD currently). It would be nice to hear from other people in academia how they deal manage to 'survive' in an environment that is not suited to them. I am very much into programming and maths/statistics, i.e. skills that require little communication, which is not surprising.
My greatest interest when I was younger was studying foreign languages. When I got older, it appeared that it was a big mistake. I am glad that I managed to switch.
In my free time, I like running and reading about science.
I am a newbie to this forum and I am looking forward to hearing the life stories of other people like me. I am completely deaf in one hear and about 50% in my other ear. I have never made acquaintance with other HOHs and I know only a few people who have 'normal' hearing. Communicating with strangers is as difficult as fleeing over the Berlin Wall.
I used to wear hearing aids for a while when was younger when they were still analog. Later, I switched to a digital hearing aid. In both cases, I felt that it was difficult to use and today I do not wear any device at all. In my case, I get the impression that hearing aids only create an illusion and false hope. I wonder whether people with a cochlear implant feel fully 'rehabilitated'.
My greatest interest is science and that is also what I do for a living (doing a PhD currently). It would be nice to hear from other people in academia how they deal manage to 'survive' in an environment that is not suited to them. I am very much into programming and maths/statistics, i.e. skills that require little communication, which is not surprising.
My greatest interest when I was younger was studying foreign languages. When I got older, it appeared that it was a big mistake. I am glad that I managed to switch.
In my free time, I like running and reading about science.