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Hi,
I am from Scotland, i have been deaf sinse birth caused by an medication that was given to me which caused nerve deafness. I have thus far managed to live with it and have progressed through life with great hardship in the hearing world. I am married to a non deaf lady and have 2 teenage kids who are not deaf ( That made me so happy ).

I found this forum by accident as for most of my life, I have tended to steer clear of deaf issues, thus having most people think i am just ignorant. These days, I am more chilled out and have always had a passion for music (listening and playing).

The thing that hurt me most in life was that as my father is a musician, i will never be able to call my self a musician.

I have kind of gotten used to the hearing world that I am in, my hearing loss is at high pitch which affects consonants and makes speach recognition difficult. Also the lower end of the hearing scale is affected. I rely very heavily on lip reading.

anyway, this is a great forum and have looked at some of the topics/posts and look forward to becoming an active member.
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Welcome you stay AD and let's breath away...

Enjoy!

Yes, you're got right place here some of members who alikely you..

*smile*~ :)
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welcome aboard, scottie. you have been blessed to have your beautiful family no matter who you are and they still love you.

who is your favorite music artist ? ;)
 
deafclimber said:
welcome aboard, scottie. you have been blessed to have your beautiful family no matter who you are and they still love you.

who is your favorite music artist ? ;)
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Thank you all for your kind welcomes, it is much appreciated.

My favourite music artist vary in genres, i like pink floyd which takes me back a few years, i like eric clapton, i like phil woods for jazz and charlie parker,

I also like dance music, my favourite DJ is tiesto.
I like all kinds of music, especially if its live. |I have been learning to play guitar ( badly) hehehehe
 
SeerOfVisions said:
Thank you all for your kind welcomes, it is much appreciated.

My favourite music artist vary in genres, i like pink floyd which takes me back a few years, i like eric clapton, i like phil woods for jazz and charlie parker,

I also like dance music, my favourite DJ is tiesto.
I like all kinds of music, especially if its live. |I have been learning to play guitar ( badly) hehehehe
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can you hear my fifth sympony dear
 
Hi SeerOfVisions :welcome: & enjoy AD. I have a father who is a military and jazz musician and I know how that goes... whenever I hear a trumpet playing I think of him. I have nerve deafness in both ears and loves to listen to 70's & 80's rock, yeah, Pink Floyd & Led Zepplin rocks!
 
Hello and welcome to Alldeaf! Hmm...from Scotland, anything in particular you'd like to share with us some of the interesting focal points, places there? Anyhow, hope you'll enjoy your stay here in AD!! ;)
 
Hello!

Welcome to Alldeaf and enjoy your stay here ;)....


From Scotland? cool!
 
Hiya,
One of the main focal points in scoatland regarding deafness is total mis interpretation, alot of people think that if someone says they are deaf then it means that they cant hear at all. It is very difficult dealing with attitudes of people here. The authorities have now closed dow the school for the hard of hearing, forcing the pupils to attend the local grammar schools.
There is much to be done in the educating teachers and puple who can hear ok to understand the issues that face us.

I was quite lucky in the sense that my speach is actually so much better than my hearing. from my last audiological testing, my hearing capacity is only 25% on average though my speech is about 80%. I can understand why people sometimes get confused when they hear me speaking and then find that i dont hear them so well.

But yeah, i think that the biggest problems are with telephones, i can hear conversations ok for the most part but i cant actually hear them ring. This is due to the high pich frequency tone of those rings. I manage to find a phone that has a more mid range frequency which i hear ok.

When i consulted the deaf society about my problem, they said that they have a solution so i ask what it was. The guy took me into a room and there was a phone on the table, he got the phone to ring and i was almost blinded by the flashing light from the side.

he then told me that this is the answer to all my problems, oh yeh i said, what if i am in another room, he then said that i should purchace one of those (lighthouse beacons) lights for each room.

I said to him , thank you for your assistance, but this will not help me.

so i stuck with the phone i found, though the ring annoys people.
 
I am intrested in hearing about your visions
 
SeerOfVisions said:
Hiya,
One of the main focal points in scoatland regarding deafness is total mis interpretation, alot of people think that if someone says they are deaf then it means that they cant hear at all. It is very difficult dealing with attitudes of people here. The authorities have now closed dow the school for the hard of hearing, forcing the pupils to attend the local grammar schools.
There is much to be done in the educating teachers and puple who can hear ok to understand the issues that face us.

I was quite lucky in the sense that my speach is actually so much better than my hearing. from my last audiological testing, my hearing capacity is only 25% on average though my speech is about 80%. I can understand why people sometimes get confused when they hear me speaking and then find that i dont hear them so well.

But yeah, i think that the biggest problems are with telephones, i can hear conversations ok for the most part but i cant actually hear them ring. This is due to the high pich frequency tone of those rings. I manage to find a phone that has a more mid range frequency which i hear ok.

When i consulted the deaf society about my problem, they said that they have a solution so i ask what it was. The guy took me into a room and there was a phone on the table, he got the phone to ring and i was almost blinded by the flashing light from the side.

he then told me that this is the answer to all my problems, oh yeh i said, what if i am in another room, he then said that i should purchace one of those (lighthouse beacons) lights for each room.

I said to him , thank you for your assistance, but this will not help me.

so i stuck with the phone i found, though the ring annoys people.
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if you like dogs it may be one sulution, My ASL teacher has a hearing dog, becashe she thinks the lights all over the house are anoying.
oh and of course :welcome: I am aslo a music fan myself but cant assosiate band artist names very well thats more a memory thing, but I love David Bowie and other random 80's stuff, I also love the techno/dance stuff.
 
Welcome to AD! Good to see you in here -- I know being deaf isn't easy for some...I didn't for the first 25 years of my life -- I finally came to terms with my deafness and accepted it as a part of me.
 
:welcome: I have a hearing dog...best thing invented since sliced bread. :thumb:
 
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