Why Is It Great To Be Deaf/HoH?

Sure, I did that and got shouted down.
 
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Dangerous in certain situation? I can see that.

But there's a trade-off...

I can smell a gas leak or a chemical spill long before my hearing roommate can.
 
souggy said:
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Dangerous in certain situation? I can see that.

But there's a trade-off...

I can smell a gas leak or a chemical spill long before my hearing roommate can.
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Just last week I was the first to smell the smoke coming from the microwave (and the only one to smell it before it was too late).
 
CJB said:
I thought the whole point of this thread was to focus on the advantages of being deaf/hh.
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True....people who bring negativity about being deaf or hoh aren't welcome in this thread. Bye bye..lol
 
CJB said:
Might be the difference between evacuating in time or not. Just like last week, my smelling the smoke was the difference between having a fire and not having a fire.
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"I can smell a gas leak or a chemical spill long before my hearing roommate can."

What's with the hearing roommate? So what? Over smell?
 
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It would sucks to have no hearing, no sight, no smell, no taste, no touch and no limbs.

Ouch, now I feel bad for those war refugees.
 
souggy said:
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It would sucks to have no hearing, no sight, no smell, no taste, no touch and no limbs.

Ouch, now I feel bad for those war refugees.
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Laura Bridgman had the first four on your list, and is still remembered for her accomplishments.
 
kokonut said:
Souggy said...

"I can smell a gas leak or a chemical spill long before my hearing roommate can."

What's with the hearing roommate? So what? Over smell?
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A deaf or deafblind person's brain has less sensory information to filter through, so it filters out less information from each sense. As a result a deaf or deafblind person is more likely to become aware of the smell before a hearing/sighted person whose brain is busy filtering out more information.
 
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Propane leak, bleach, anmonia, Telfon off-gassing, pesticides-- things that she's unable to smell unless she was in close proximity; all of them are deadly to her birds, and theorically humans as well.

Wouldn't know about natural gas since I was living on my own at the time.
 
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Propane leak, bleach, anmonia, Telfon off-gassing, pesticides-- things that she's unable to smell unless she was in close proximity; all of them are deadly to her birds, and theorically humans as well.

Wouldn't know about natural gas since I was living on my own at the time.
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You can't smell natural gas which is methane (not propane) since it does not smell in the first place. Gas companies add a "rotten egg" smell to it such as mercaptan as an early warning detector to help detect leaks. Propane comes from oil or natural gas processing. An odorant is also added to help detect and smell leaks.
 
souggy said:
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Mmm... An $1800 "canary in a coalmine," how unfortunate would that be?
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I don't understand that statement at all. Canaries were meant to die to warn the miners of the odorless gas.
 
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Kind of like when a deaf person is unable to hear a horn blast from a train and get killed while walking along a train track when a hearing person would hear such a warning?

Deaf beauty queen hit by train was texting - Life- msnbc.com

Granted, certain senses are heightened but there are still pros and cons here, regardless.
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I don't think anyone's denying the cons. But the point of this thread is to focus on the pros.
 
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Bottesini said:
souggy said:
Mmm... An $1800 "canary in a coalmine," how unfortunate would that be?
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I don't understand that statement at all. Canaries were meant to die to warn the miners of the odorless gas.
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An African Grey is about 2 grand.

Things like Febreeze, Telfon, aresol sprays (aka air in a can, hairspray), DEET, rat poison and so on are deadly to parrots and has killed a few pets without the owners being aware.
 
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