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the hearing world tells us we need to hear... we need to communicate on their terms, we need to speak like them... we need to get CI's, because that will "make us hearing" they say sorry when we tell them we are d/Deaf... but I believe differently.

My mom has tried to tell me about all the sounds I am "missing out on" when I don't have my HA's on, or even when I do... she tries to tell me how everything would be better for me with a CI, that won't even work for me, nor do I want one...

Well I thought we should have a place to talk about the sounds we are happy we don't have to hear... the stories about when hearing people were covering their ears because they didn't like the sound... and where we deafies stood with Pride, because we didn't have to hear it.


so here is my story: I have had a massive ear infection for the past few days... and it doesn't seem to be going away... so I take my hearing aids out, and leave them off for a while, hoping that it will take care of that. I am at work, and have a client ask me "how can you stand walking in those shoes?" I look down at them, they are new... so I don't understand what he means... so I ask "what do you mean?" he replies "the squeaking... how can you stand the squeaking?" I tell him... "I didn't know they squeak... I'm Deaf..." and he looks at me and says... "oh... sorry"
I am happy I don't have to hear the squeaking of my shoes :)
 
Ah I am glad I don't hear anything! It can't be as beautiful as I imagine.

But, I'm especially glad I do not have hear:

Angry baby screaming all night
Nagging
Alarm bells when I sleep
Loud parties when I want sleep
 
You got that right. Hearing people have to go through all kinds of noises like noise pollution. Hee Hee Hee. :lol:

Lucky us, that we like to have quiet world as it is peaceful and not a bother in our deaf world. :D
 
Only problem tho is when I went one year without wearing hearing aids. My ears started making noise of their own and I couldn't stop them! It went for weeks. I finally got rid of them when I started wearing hearing aids again.
 
I am thankful that I can not hear the airplanes over head as we live on the flight path and they are so close to us. Runway is 1 mile away.

I was thankful today that I did not hear the high powered vacuum the A/C tech used on our A/C today. Mother, MIL and daughter had a headache from the noise when he was done, son was bothered but not as much (he has a mod/severe loss) and I never heard it.

I am thankful for not having to hear so many things, but then there are things I miss.
 
Funny question because today someone say they would hate to live near highway. Couldn't sleep. Too much noise from traffic. I say, "I don't have that problem." :giggle:
 
This morning my gf kept cringing and complaining that something was driving her crazy. Then my almost 3 yo ran to the kitchen, pointing downstairs and then covering his ears. Turns out the furnace is out of oil again, and until the apt people come to fix it there will be this constant high pitch squeal. Last time it happened, it took them almost three weeks to get to it, and no one else could sleep.

I do just fine. :)
 
Funny thing is that when I was trying to sell the house and when I explained to my real estate agent about how nice to live in this area because it's beautiful and quiet, I mean so quiet, no police siren, ambulance, no cars rushing by and such. She know that I'm deaf. So one day, when my realtor explained to the prospective buyer about how quiet at this location, and the buyer noticed that I have strange box attached to my lamp in the living room, and realtor explained that I'm deaf. Then the buyer says..."Oh no wonder why he say it's so quiet here". When the agent explained to me, I just rolled my eyeballs.
 
SneakerNet said:
Funny thing is that when I was trying to sell the house and when I explained to my real estate agent about how nice to live in this area because it's beautiful and quiet, I mean so quiet, no police siren, ambulance, no cars rushing by and such. She know that I'm deaf. So one day, when my realtor explained to the prospective buyer about how quiet at this location, and the buyer noticed that I have strange box attached to my lamp in the living room, and realtor explained that I'm deaf. Then the buyer says..."Oh no wonder why he say it's so quiet here". When the agent explained to me, I just rolled my eyeballs.
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Oh oh. Well, now you found the problem. Gee, you gotta to hide it for now. :giggle:
 
2 weeks before April ended, in Ohio, in the dayton area, we got hit with really bad hail and really bad thunderstorms, high winds, and rain. And most of us in the dayton area had to get roof replacements and car damage replacements. I noticed that alot of my hearing friends on facebook was complaining about the noise of the roof people working on the replacement from the damaged shingles, where I could sleep pretty well. :D

Plus when I am in winter drumline, there is some pretty loud noises because we're playing inside, some of the drumline members had to wear ear plugs to protect their hearing, where I don't have to wear them, I can just simply take off my CI and leave them off :)
 
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In the dorm I lived in< during college we had a fire alarm malfunction and no one could turn it off for hours. It was around bed time and I slept like a baby. ;)
 
Going to a hospital and if the speakers from triage, monitors, screaming children and whinny people bother me... I can just simply take my HA off.... ohhh my guy hates that I have a way out of that! :P
 
I think there are both advantages and disadvantages on both side. As I'm hearing, there are sounds that I'd love and would miss if I were to lose it. However, I've never experienced true silence. If I lie down in a quiet room long enough, I eventually start hearing my own breathing, and sometimes, my heartbeat. I find it interesting.
 
Frankly, my hypervigilance makes me notice the smallest of sounds. When I concentrate, they go away, but it's difficult for me to get into that zone at times. And when inconsiderate neighbors decide that I need to share their terrible taste in music, that's it. Cannot stand loud noises - partly personal inclination and partly the hypervigilance.

I live next to a highway (my building fronts it) and across from a "retirement center" - I'm used to the sirens and the lights to-ing and fro-ing at all hours. They don't really bother me as much, just make me hope whomever is okay.

However, were I to lose my hearing, I would miss bird calls the most as I love birds and listening to them.
 
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