Comments for Life With A Hearing Loss http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com Stories, Challenges, Tips, and Humor of Life With a Hearing Loss Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, or Deaf? by hearing loss http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/hard-of-hearing-hearing-impaired-or-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 hearing loss Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:02:48 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=12#comment-1123 People are entirely too worried about political correctness these days. My goodness, I have several deaf/hard of hearing/whatever friends and they don't ever seem to mind. People are entirely too worried about political correctness these days. My goodness, I have several deaf/hard of hearing/whatever friends and they don’t ever seem to mind.

]]> Comment on Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, or Deaf? by Viki http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/hard-of-hearing-hearing-impaired-or-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-1112 Viki Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:42:06 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=12#comment-1112 Hi Steve, I would be honored if you link to my blog. Thank you for visiting and to everyone who has joined in on the discussion. Viki Hi Steve, I would be honored if you link to my blog. Thank you for visiting and to everyone who has joined in on the discussion.

Viki

]]> Comment on Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, or Deaf? by Judy http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/hard-of-hearing-hearing-impaired-or-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 Judy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:38:23 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=12#comment-1110 I have 120 decibel loss in both ears and call my deaf. It happened when I was older and I have no change for a CI or aids. I am a member of the Deaf community and am trying to become fluent but don't think I ever will be. It ticks me off when the Deaf call me hard of hearing when I am deafer than some of them but what can I do . I think hearing impaired is a medical term but I introduce myself as deaf because lets face it I am as deaf as a post. lol I have 120 decibel loss in both ears and call my deaf. It happened when I was older and I have no change for a CI or aids. I am a member of the Deaf community and am trying to become fluent but don’t think I ever will be. It ticks me off when the Deaf call me hard of hearing when I am deafer than some of them but what can I do . I think hearing impaired is a medical term but I introduce myself as deaf because lets face it I am as deaf as a post. lol

]]> Comment on Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, or Deaf? by steve http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/hard-of-hearing-hearing-impaired-or-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 steve Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:59:58 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=12#comment-1109 I'm not too fussed how people refer to me in terms of my hearing loss. I guess it's actually quite hard for other people to know how to refer to a HoH person in a way that doesn't offend them. Forgetting PC for a minute, I bet a lot of people are just plain worried that they'll say the wrong thing. Nice blog you have here, mind if I link to you from my site? Cheers, Steve. I’m not too fussed how people refer to me in terms of my hearing loss.

I guess it’s actually quite hard for other people to know how to refer to a HoH person in a way that doesn’t offend them. Forgetting PC for a minute, I bet a lot of people are just plain worried that they’ll say the wrong thing.

Nice blog you have here, mind if I link to you from my site?

Cheers,
Steve.

]]> Comment on Hearing Loss Humor – Misunderstanding the Spoken Word by steve http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/hearing-loss-humor-misunderstanding-the-spoken-word/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 steve Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:56:21 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=15#comment-1108 What I like about when I misunderstand someone and it's funny is that it's my own private little joke and I don't have to share it if I don't want to. What I like about when I misunderstand someone and it’s funny is that it’s my own private little joke and I don’t have to share it if I don’t want to.

]]> Comment on Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, or Deaf? by Chris B http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/hard-of-hearing-hearing-impaired-or-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Chris B Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:03:54 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=12#comment-1078 Here is an additional resource about the genetics of Hearing Loss: http://www.accessdna.com/condition/Hearing_Loss/270. I hope it helps. Thanks, AccessDNA Here is an additional resource about the genetics of Hearing Loss: http://www.accessdna.com/condition/Hearing_Loss/270. I hope it helps. Thanks, AccessDNA

]]> Comment on The Little Frog Who Could (Because He Didn’t Hear He Couldn’t) by hearing loss http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/the-little-frog-who-could-because-he-didnt-hear-he-couldnt/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 hearing loss Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:21:57 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=8#comment-1068 really great story, thanks for sharing. My neice is deaf, I'll have to tell her this story! really great story, thanks for sharing. My neice is deaf, I’ll have to tell her this story!

]]> Comment on Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, or Deaf? by hearing loss http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/hard-of-hearing-hearing-impaired-or-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 hearing loss Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:16:18 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=12#comment-1060 I think this whole country has gotten entirely too politically correct for their own good. It is completely ridiculous that people are worrying about how they are referred to when hearing loss is concerned. Great article though! I think this whole country has gotten entirely too politically correct for their own good. It is completely ridiculous that people are worrying about how they are referred to when hearing loss is concerned. Great article though!

]]> Comment on Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, or Deaf? by Patricia Nelson http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/hard-of-hearing-hearing-impaired-or-deaf/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Patricia Nelson Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?p=12#comment-1049 Hello,i just came across this site accidently,and a lot of what you said has happen to me,actually i lost my phone service ,no job.but looking,And i am a retiree.I do wear hearing aid,but it was in need of repair and my dog ate it up while i was reading one day.So i now need another.But i and all who are like me under stand what you are saying.Public tty phone are very very scares i think that is how you spell that,so i was online looking for a locatiion in my area ,so no avail.But Tom sound angry i think because he think deaf or hearing impaired people are looking for something free and want a group to come with them,i however know thats not true,I was married when my hearing got to a place i needed to wear a hearing aid i was in my 20,s.My then husband said he would hang him self if he lost his hearing..Down the road he was embarresed around me and we divorce eventually ,So bottom line when they laugh i just look at them hard because they are an ass and God said let the ignorance be ignorant.in Zechar in the Bible.So i dont show my upset. Hello,i just came across this site accidently,and a lot of what you said has happen to me,actually i lost my phone service ,no job.but looking,And i am a retiree.I do wear hearing aid,but it was in need of repair and my dog ate it up while i was reading one day.So i now need another.But i and all who are like me under stand what you are saying.Public tty phone are very very scares i think that is how you spell that,so i was online looking for a locatiion in my area ,so no avail.But Tom sound angry i think because he think deaf or hearing impaired people are looking for something free and want a group to come with them,i however know thats not true,I was married when my hearing got to a place i needed to wear a hearing aid i was in my 20,s.My then husband said he would hang him self if he lost his hearing..Down the road he was embarresed around me and we divorce eventually ,So bottom line when they laugh i just look at them hard because they are an ass and God said let the ignorance be ignorant.in Zechar in the Bible.So i dont show my upset.

]]> Comment on About by Viki http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Viki Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:17:32 +0000 http://www.lifewithahearingloss.com/?page_id=2#comment-1040 Hi Katie, Thanks for stopping by. My hearing loss has had a huge impact on my career and relationships. I'm introverted and shy on top of having a profound hearing loss. That means I have a hard time speaking up if I can't hear unless it's with a family member or someone I am close to. Email and text messaging have helped me tremendously with communications, but there are some people who are set on talking on the phone. Needless to say, I don't hear very well on the phone and don't even attempt to have a phone conversation with someone I don't know. My son's are not as introverted as I am, but they also have struggled. I could write pages on all the different experiences we've had, and I'll need to do that, since that is exactly what this blog is for! Hi Katie,

Thanks for stopping by. My hearing loss has had a huge impact on my career and relationships. I’m introverted and shy on top of having a profound hearing loss. That means I have a hard time speaking up if I can’t hear unless it’s with a family member or someone I am close to. Email and text messaging have helped me tremendously with communications, but there are some people who are set on talking on the phone. Needless to say, I don’t hear very well on the phone and don’t even attempt to have a phone conversation with someone I don’t know.

My son’s are not as introverted as I am, but they also have struggled.

I could write pages on all the different experiences we’ve had, and I’ll need to do that, since that is exactly what this blog is for!

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