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would this be considered a disability


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By whom?
Educationally, socially, medicially, functionally ?

Keep in mind a lot of us don't consider total bilateral deafness to be a disability.
 
i was just wondering because some ppl tell me it is and others say its not so i never real know thanks for the comments


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DeafAlex said:
I assume you're referring to SSI. Yes, SSD is a disability to them.
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Who told you that? SSD is basically a hearing person. It isn't going to get you disability money.

And it's true many of us don't consider bilateral deafness a disability.
 
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Bottesini - I was born initially with SSD, (progressed later to mild-mod flux with APD) and it's not at all like being hearing. It affects speech & language acquisition and if there is any background noise it's effectively like having unaided bilateral severe HL.

Rarely you'll find someone with SSD who feels "hearing" but most of us would tell you that it's much more like being deaf than hearing in most situations. APD is also very common among those with SSD.

Those with SSD qualify for assistive services such as interpreters, CART, notetakers etc in schools and etc.

I don't consider being hoh/Deaf a disability per say - however SSD is covered under the ADA and Canadian equivalent.

SSD (like most amounts of HL) doesn't qualify you for SSDI etc.
 
Anij said:
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Bottesini - I was born initially with SSD, (progressed later to mild-mod flux with APD) and it's not at all like being hearing. It affects speech & language acquisition and if there is any background noise it's effectively like having unaided bilateral severe HL.

Rarely you'll find someone with SSD who feels "hearing" but most of us would tell you that it's much more like being deaf than hearing in most situations. APD is also very common among those with SSD.

Those with SSD qualify for assistive services such as interpreters, CART, notetakers etc in schools and etc.

I don't consider being hoh/Deaf a disability per say - however SSD is covered under the ADA and Canadian equivalent.

SSD (like most amounts of HL) doesn't qualify you for SSDI etc.
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I have a kid with the exact same, and she is working as a nurse and lives as a hearing person. Lots of deaf people in my family, and she will eventually be deaf as this progressive loss comes from her father's side.

If you want to argue with me , ducky. I am not going to participate , so you could just save it for someone more easily provoked.
 
Bottesini said:
Who told you that? SSD is basically a hearing person. It isn't going to get you disability money.

And it's true many of us don't consider bilateral deafness a disability.
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Agreed, I don't see how you could possibly get disability payment s being deaf in only one ear, you can still hear out of the other ear. o_0

I spent at least 5 years with SSD, wasn't a real problem at all. 2 annoying things, you can't tell well sound comes from, so if you have a wireless phone, it's ringing, but you don't know where it is, you will round in circles trying to figure out where it is. Long phone calls were annoying, you can't switch ears so my ear would get really hot holding the phone up to it for a long time.

If someone is standing on your deaf side and they talk to you you might not understand them, but all you have to do is turn your head. I never even bothered getting a hearing aid for my deaf ear until the hearing in the other one started to go. That's how not really a big deal it is.
 
I didn't say you qualified for SSI with SSD, just that they consider it a disability. As well as colleges, schools, etc.

OP, whether you have a "disability" or not outside of these institutions is up to you. Most deaf people don't consider themselves disabled (outside of needing services, such as interpreters). I think someone's attitude/feelings on whether they have a disability or not depends largely on whether thy were born hearing or deaf/HOH/SSD. People who are born this way are more likely to not feel they have a disability. But people who go deaf/HOH/SSD later in life tend to feel they have a disability, because they have experienced life hearing. I myself went deaf at 8 and don't consider myself disabled outside of receiving a Captionist at school and needing assistive technology.
 
Botti, on the other hand I think it might depend on the person. A lot of people may do just fine with one ear, but others may not. Especially if they might have other issues going on.
 
deafdyke said:
Botti, on the other hand I think it might depend on the person. A lot of people may do just fine with one ear, but others may not. Especially if they might have other issues going on.
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I think that would be the deciding factor. I can tell you from personal experience that it's not like because you only hear out of one ear you're only hearing half of everything, or things are at half volume. You hear everything, it just sounds like everything is coming from whichever side you can hear.
 
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