is it normal for deaf people to worry about this?

blaqueinque said:
I admit it. I love those noises....the moans and grunts...its drives me wild...especially when accompained by the squishing sound.
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Just pitched a tent reading this...:naughty:
 
lol I worry if I don't close my mouth while I eat or did I moan loud when I eat.. ehh that's what i worry the most.. :roll:
 
naturelchick said:
Is it just me or pretty common for a deaf person from a hearing family to worry a lot about breathing too loud that it causes erratic/tense breathing? I also worry that I'm too loud when I'm eating...I know its ridiculous and I try to forget about it but it always comes back
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lol.. My deaf son emits all kinds of sounds. I find it endearing and have come to accept this as part of him and his personality. I can't imagine that it would ever be a problem. If he is too loud for whatever reson I just give him the shhh please gesture and he gets it.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
My dad was from Russia and was picked on when he was a kid in USA for the way he talked .And when I started taking my speech effect reminded my dad of his horrible time as a kid and my dad would hit me for this. And my older sister and brother made fun of my speech. I did not like to talk a lot in my family is was safer to not say anything!
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My mum's side of the family are all from England. They were extremely meticulous about my pronunciation and enunciation. Especially my grandmother. She got pissy with me whenever I was dropping letters at the end of words. But now, I'm extremely grateful for their nitpicking on my speech.

green427 said:
During sex, we don't wear our aids due to the squealing :giggle:
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My first year at RIT (living in the dorms) I was walking through the Deaf dorms (Ellingson Tower A), and I heard squealing. Around that time, there was an issue of rape occurring throughout the campus. So needless to say, I freaked and thought something bad was happening, so I rang the doorbell incessantly. Turned out it was just a couple having sex. Mind you, this was the first time I had been around this many deaf/hh people and the first month or so of being there, much less hear them having sex. Whoops? :dunno2:
 
Deaf_Elements said:
My first year at RIT (living in the dorms) I was walking through the Deaf dorms (Ellingson Tower A), and I heard squealing. Around that time, there was an issue of rape occurring throughout the campus. So needless to say, I freaked and thought something bad was happening, so I rang the doorbell incessantly. Turned out it was just a couple having sex. Mind you, this was the first time I had been around this many deaf/hh people and the first month or so of being there, much less hear them having sex. Whoops? :dunno2:
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LOL...

Yeah, I was there during '83-'87. Took me awhile to get used to all the commotion. I worked as an RSA back then, we got to see a lot of interesting things....:giggle:
 
I did too (lived there, not as an RSA though). I was there 88-92.
 
green427 said:
Ever watch a bulldog eat pudding? That is pretty much what the squishing sounded like.

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I got a habit of when I about to let out my breathe, I hold it for the extra second than normal and let it out as I'm "sigh"ing... that's normal right?

I got many habits on breathing, biting my lip, etc., but I gotta work on my walking... If I focus on walking nicely, I always go to the side and then walk arkward... :roll:

Damn Californians... :slap:
 
Omg....i just came back to this and saw all the responses .. It feels so good that I'm not alone.. Not that I would wish worrying about this to anyone... I have decided I'm going to make a concious effort to try to not worry so much cuz its making me mad and it isn't even worth the worry
 
Yeah, I have a problem in the past especially while I was eating. I tend to make little hum sound when I'm eating. It sounded like every food are so delicious and I hummmmm very quietly. Then one day, my ex g/f asked me why I hum. I told her I have no idea that I was making a hum sound. Then I got very self councious of myself. Then another person making fun of me about how I snore so loud. At first I don't believe in myself I really snored. So, I decided to test myself by leaving my HA on all night. Boy! As soon as I started snore, I was up on the ceiling flat! It scare the sh*t out of me!!

So, snoring it the only problem and all the rest, I finally break the habits.
 
Yes, there were times I did wonder how much an hearing person could hear. Such as when I'm living in a community and wonder how much can the person or family living next door or upstairs or downstairs could hear? Or when I burp in a restaurant, if they could hear it and stuff like that. In a way, it's not fair! LOL!
 
normal noises

Beowulf said:
Damn, high school was a nightmare for me. I was the only deafie in the high school and I fixated over my breathing. I would hold my breath and try not to make audible gasps as I let out my breaths. I guess by the odd looks by people sitting close by, I was at death's door.



And my stomach. It was such a traitor. It would growl, no, bark during a class session, so all the gods were gleefully after me.


But now, in retrospect...
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Hey Wulfy..laughing...call me sometimes. (sorry that was off topic)..OK..I have actually been out to dinner and had the woman at the table next to me tell me I was speaking to loudly and annoying her..Hmmmm. I am usually a very tolerant person, but it was a bad day for me ( no excuse i know) but i can't hear my own voice so I dont know how loud I am ..I waited and as I left I stopped at her table and said in my usual speaking voice " please excuse me if my deafness has inconvenienced you"...laughing..her face got red but I felt satisfied. I have since learned from my therapy that I can put my hand on my throat and feel my voice raise or lower..kinda cool...but I just started to speak again in rehab so I speak softly but I'm sure I will be my same Loud self when I get to go home...Peace to everyone...it"s SPRING YAY!M♥♥♥
 
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Ha forgot how loud some things are when I stopped wearing hearing aids. I remember my parents told me to shush when my breathing was loud in a store.
 
naturelchick said:
Is it just me or pretty common for a deaf person from a hearing family to worry a lot about breathing too loud that it causes erratic/tense breathing? I also worry that I'm too loud when I'm eating...I know its ridiculous and I try to forget about it but it always comes back
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LOL sooo normal! :D I always worry about flushing the toilet after everybody goes to bed (I'm a night owl).. I never know. Should I flush? Will it wake them up=piss them off? Can I eat chips or other noisy food?

GAH! :giggle:
 
whatdidyousay! said:
I knew of a kid that had contest in seeing who could hold their breath the longest . The kid won and dies. Very sad and dumb.
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I think that's impossible.. I'm pretty sure it is. People pass out first and then start breathing automatically.
 
warpedpink said:
Well, there's an exception to everything lol
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Is there an exception to the rule that there is an exception to everything? And if there is, then it REALLY is the exception that proves the rule!

Whoah, I feel :dizzy: now.
 
I always tiptoe around my house after everyone has gone to bed too. Super-quiet about shutting doors, opening refrigerator, what I eat, etc. I take a shower on a different level than where my SO is sleeping. He always tells me not to worry, that even if I did make enough noise to wake him up, it would only just barely and he would drift right back to sleep. I just don't know how loud is TOO loud. Gah!
 
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