Alisteal, that's AWESOME! I didn't know you're VI. .....and I mean RP is overall very common in the deaf blind community...also a lot of dhh people do fear losing their sight b/c it's so important to us.
Nope not Ushers. It's unknown what exactly has caused my hearing loss. However my mother's hearing has gotten so bad (she's only 52) that I really think it might be hereditary but she refuses to believe she has a problem. I can sit next to her on her right side and talk in my normal tones (pretty loud actually) and she will not hear anything until I talk VERY loud or move to her left side. She says she's got perfect hearing though