How do you feeling when people touch your device?

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Can you sharing of your thought about strange people touch your HA/CI BTE without ask you?? How do you feeling?

I know one of my mom's old friend from church. She is elder people and saw me at restaurant for breakfast yesterday. I didn't have the note and pen with me to talk. I used my blackberry to type a note. My hair was down. She touched my BTE without ask and she talked to me. She heard the rumor that I got CI. She need to ask me first instead touch. I didn't like the strange people to touch my CI without ask. I kept cool with her and then left restaurant. I told my mom about her old friend touched my BTE without ask. She said the elder lady is weird! She don't talk to her anymore.

Is that happen to you when is strange people touch your HA/CI BTE without ask??
 
I don't like that either. I would let them know I did not like it, unless it was an old family friend like what happened to you.

Then I would just let it go and keep my cool.
 
I would feel very offended. I don't mind explaining what they are but to people who touches my implant without asking is very rude. Like you said keep cool and forget about it. Hope she doesn't do it.

If it happens, say, it would be better if she asks you if she could look at my processor and explain that it's very valuable piece of equipment and if she touches it with out your permission and knocks it off it would break.
 
overthepond said:
I would feel very offended. I don't mind explaining what they are but to people who touches my implant without asking is very rude. Like you said keep cool and forget about it. Hope she doesn't do it.

If it happens, say, it would be better if she asks you if she could look at my processor and explain that it's very valuable piece of equipment and if she touches it with out your permission and knocks it off it would break.
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I forget to mention because I was in hurry up to go outside meet my husband and family. I can't stand to stay talk with elder lady since she touched my BTE. Next time if anybody try to touch. My ear will avoid and tell them need to ask first. Thank you for suggest.
 
Even though I stay cool about it, I don't like nosy people. It really shouldn't be any of her business if you got CI or not. If she heard a rumor, she should let you bring up the subject.In my opinion, anyone who just comes up and touch it is obsessed with your deafness way too much.
 
Never happened to me.

It would be understandable if it was a little kid, but not a grown adult.
 
While I was at work a mental health patient tried to take my glasses off. She didn't notice my HAs because my hair is quite long at the moment and covers them up, which in this instance I was thankful for. The other nurses told her off, but being a mental health patient I don't think she knew what she was doing.

If anyone else touched my HAs or glasses I'd be really offended, because it's none of their business that I wear them.
 
Nobody goes near my processor apart from little kids who don't yet know not to touch
 
Pinky said:
I forget to mention because I was in hurry up to go outside meet my husband and family. I can't stand to stay talk with elder lady since she touched my BTE. Next time if anybody try to touch. My ear will avoid and tell them need to ask first. Thank you for suggest.
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:aw: Glad to help.
 
Lighthouse77 said:
Even though I stay cool about it, I don't like nosy people. It really shouldn't be any of her business if you got CI or not. If she heard a rumor, she should let you bring up the subject.In my opinion, anyone who just comes up and touch it is obsessed with your deafness way too much.
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Ditto! How about the glasses? I never touch people's glasses and CI/HA It just be polite to not touch. I can bring up the object not hers. :roll: Ohh well. I felt like frustrate and moody.
 
djchur said:
While I was at work a mental health patient tried to take my glasses off. She didn't notice my HAs because my hair is quite long at the moment and covers them up, which in this instance I was thankful for. The other nurses told her off, but being a mental health patient I don't think she knew what she was doing.

If anyone else touched my HAs or glasses I'd be really offended, because it's none of their business that I wear them.
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Exact! That is how I felt.
 
I cant recall if that has ever happened to me...maybe when I was a kid but certainly not as an adult. That woman seems weird.
 
Alot of people from my band has always been curious about my CI, and they always wanted to touch it. And i made SURE that they asked my permission first. One time, i had my CI off, and it was on the marimba and it was close to me beacuse my CI was giving me weather pains at the time. and i decided to take it off. My section leader picked it up and held it and i was afraid because alot of the times in the fall we're outside alot and we get so much static electricity and i was hoping he didn't wipe out my mapping. And when my dad saw my section leader holding my CI, he asked him to give my CI to him and he'll hold it for me. I mean i trust some people holding my CI for me. Like my good frends in the band. But when it comes to picking it up or touching it without my permission, i would politely explain to them that if they had static, they could've wiped out my mapping and it would mean another trip to my audiologist. And i would be upset but my dad would be severely mad-- because it is a valuable [expensive] piece of equipment. I have my own set of rules to hearing people when it comes to my CI. and I would tell them to ask my permission first. And so now the band ask my permission to touch my CI first before holding it or touching it.
 
Some people are "touchy feelie"....I've had people touch my hair, and NO, I didn't like it at all. People also touch ur arm, or pat ur hand....Strangers....it's weird and rude!

The lady was very rude to do this to you, but since she was elderly, more than likely it was out of curiosity, being that she had never seen or heard of any device like this.

A friend had a CI, he is bald-headed, and he showed it to me and said "it doesn't hurt, you want to see it?" He took it off and handed it to me.
But for someone to come up and touch ur CI or even ur hair, etc., is rude. I would not have been as pleasent as you were about it.
 
overthepond said:
I would feel very offended. I don't mind explaining what they are but to people who touches my implant without asking is very rude. Like you said keep cool and forget about it. Hope she doesn't do it.

If it happens, say, it would be better if she asks you if she could look at my processor and explain that it's very valuable piece of equipment and if she touches it with out your permission and knocks it off it would break.
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I second that, but keep in mind to be more aware of the whereabouts of your processor - anything can happen to it. I even caught Mistabone here preparing to chew the t-mic accessory, luckily I caught that in time. It might seem inconvenient, though I always place my CI in its carrier when I'm not going to use it, beats finding a damaged CI. :)
 
Pinky said:
Ditto! How about the glasses? I never touch people's glasses and CI/HA It just be polite to not touch. I can bring up the object not hers. :roll: Ohh well. I felt like frustrate and moody.
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i wouldn't want people touching glasses either. they can scratch, get them smudgy, or drop them if they did.

At first I did wonder if she had a mental issue, but apparently your mom knew her so that's when I figure she was too obsessed with your deafness. With glasses, I can understand why people talk about it because it changes the way you look, like hairstyle does. But not CI or HA especially if it is hidden under your hair. So there is no reason for her to just come up and touch your device.

When I bring up the subject, it when people ask how I am doing, and I tell them that I got a cochlear implant. Because it is part of how I am doing.
 
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Unless it is a supermodel touching my device (hehe, you said "device" :D), I would open up a can of whoop ass. That's just as rude as touching someone inappropriately physically in my opinion.

If someone asked first, that is totally fine.
 
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