Urbanade
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Sup, just found this web forum on this early Monday morning while I wait for visitors. I'm a 22-year old guy living in Portland, Oregon. I do have a hearing disability, my left year is pretty much useless, and my right ear has a 97% loss, so without my hearing aid, I basically hear nothing.
With my hearing aid, the recovery is amazing and just about 90% of my hearing is restored. I love listening to music or the radio, even though the lyrics get to be difficult to understand at times, so usually instrumental-only music is the best.
I currently work at the Airport as a Jet Marshaller and equipment driver out on the runways and the ramps, have been there for about 6 months now. I'm a very out-spoken and stubborn person, have my share of stories and on-going issues about deaf employment and schooling, but I'll save those for a later post.
Sign Language is a second language, and I hardely use it since I learned how to communicate in ASL back in middle school. I attended mainstream school and never had any deaf friends except for one man, Justin Yeoman who was killed as a pedestrian in an automobile collision, the other driver was DUI.
Middle School life was good, I had a few run-ins with the crowd that get off by picking on just about everybody, but it didn't take me long to get that settled. For two years, I did journalism for the community paper and randomly changed roles from Feature Writer to Sports, and finally Editor in Chief.
High School was one of the best times of my life, I produced a series of television shows and documentaries that made it onto the cable network, gaining recognition in The Oregonian and whatnot. My high school also built a brand new television studio and theater, so my involvement in those skyrocketed to being a producer/director for daily community news shows, football and basketball games. I performed on stage in front of an audience of 800 people on a regular basis, and won the Bronze Medal for improvisation in the State Actors Competition.
After high school, I abruptly left video and theatre behind, and went to see the country by rail. I took so many train trips across the nation, I can't even count how many trips I made each year. This allowed me to visit other cities, colleges, and friends/relatives. There's more to this part of my life, but I'll ramble on later.
Now you know something about me, and I look forward joining the community here, you all seem like a great bunch!
~Urbanade
With my hearing aid, the recovery is amazing and just about 90% of my hearing is restored. I love listening to music or the radio, even though the lyrics get to be difficult to understand at times, so usually instrumental-only music is the best.
I currently work at the Airport as a Jet Marshaller and equipment driver out on the runways and the ramps, have been there for about 6 months now. I'm a very out-spoken and stubborn person, have my share of stories and on-going issues about deaf employment and schooling, but I'll save those for a later post.
Sign Language is a second language, and I hardely use it since I learned how to communicate in ASL back in middle school. I attended mainstream school and never had any deaf friends except for one man, Justin Yeoman who was killed as a pedestrian in an automobile collision, the other driver was DUI.
Middle School life was good, I had a few run-ins with the crowd that get off by picking on just about everybody, but it didn't take me long to get that settled. For two years, I did journalism for the community paper and randomly changed roles from Feature Writer to Sports, and finally Editor in Chief.
High School was one of the best times of my life, I produced a series of television shows and documentaries that made it onto the cable network, gaining recognition in The Oregonian and whatnot. My high school also built a brand new television studio and theater, so my involvement in those skyrocketed to being a producer/director for daily community news shows, football and basketball games. I performed on stage in front of an audience of 800 people on a regular basis, and won the Bronze Medal for improvisation in the State Actors Competition.
After high school, I abruptly left video and theatre behind, and went to see the country by rail. I took so many train trips across the nation, I can't even count how many trips I made each year. This allowed me to visit other cities, colleges, and friends/relatives. There's more to this part of my life, but I'll ramble on later.
Now you know something about me, and I look forward joining the community here, you all seem like a great bunch!
~Urbanade
Thanks for sharing a little about yourself. 
welcome to AD Urbanade -- enjoy ur stay! 
