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warmfuzzies

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Hello from Houston, Texas:wave:

My name is Donna. I am severely hard of hearing due to Congenital Nerve Deafness. It was passed on to me by my mom; who got it from her dad. I currently wear behind the ear hearing aids in both ears. My hearing results in 2006 were 75% loss in the left ear and 65% loss in the right ear. I am 41 years old and at the rate my hearing loss is I will probably be deaf or almost deaf by the time I am 50 years old. I am what is called a DLIL.. or "deaf later in life". I can hear very little when my hearing aids are out. My hubby says my hearing is getting worse even with the hearing aids I got 2 years ago:eek3: I find it to be depressing as well as frustrating because I am new to Houston and do not know any deaf or HOH people here.

I am not currently working. But, I am working with a place in Houston that helps disabled people find work. It is very hard being deaf/HOH and finding employers who see my ABILITY and not my disability:roll:

This website is truly a godsend to us deaf and HOH people. I finally found a place where people can truly understand the ups and downs we deafies and HOHs go through.

I look forward to meeting all of you.



Donna :D
 
:welcome: to AllDeaf forum. I hope you have fun reading and posting all the threads here. See you around. :wave:
 
Welcome to AD, warmfuzzies. I'm also late-deafened, had a sudden hearing loss about 8 mos ago. I am now profoundly deaf, and understand your struggles. Hang in there, keep on plugging with the job, and enjoy the AD website. I've found an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience to help me through the journey into deafness.
 
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