From: Hugues.Blanchet@p0.f136.n167.z1.fidonet.org (Hugues Blanchet)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: "loud" and clear
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:19:41 GMT
Reply-To: Hugues.Blanchet@p0.f136.n167.z1.fidonet.org
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Index Number: 24354

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 -=> Quoting Mary Thomas to Hugues Blanchet <=-

 MT> Hi Hugues - good to hear from you - and I figured you were from
 MT> Canada that is where the Braves played the baseball games - watched
 MT> some of them on the T.V. -- about me - well I started going deaf when
 MT> about 6 yrs old - but no one paid much attention until i got into 3rd

Hi Mary,

You lived it all!  You were a hearing person when you
were younger, lost it a little bit at a time until it went completely.
and now you are again a hearing person (with your implant).  Do you
remember the sounds you heard when you were six years old?  If so,
there surely must be a very big difference with what you are presently
hearing isn't there?

 MT> for the cochlear implant - after 6 mos of testing - I had the surg in
 MT> Oct and got hooked up in Nov  --- 6 years ago - and it was the best
 MT> thing that happened -- so with what I hear and my lip reading abilities

Just finished a speachreading session with a speachteacher and when we
compared both evaluations (at the beginning and the end of the session),
we noted that I did indeed improove even if she told me beforehand
that I was already quite proficient.  I'm still glad I took those
courses.

It'll probably continue later this autumn with group reunions (where
everybody is yelling at each other...:-) ) There are rules too.  You
can yell as much as you want, but you aren't aloud to throw anything
to anybody. <GRIN>

 MT> - I do fairly well ----   my sister has the same type deafness but she
 MT> can still wear hearing aids (2) behind her ears --- Come Sept 9 I will
 MT> be 61 years old - have three boys -- one 37  27 and 25 --- and two dogs
 MT> Trudy and Honey --- I work for the State of Georgia as a Secretary

Well, your oldest son is a tiny bit older than me Mary.  I'm 35.  My
mon is 70 (last July) and my dad is 66.  Are some of your sons still
living with you?  What breed are your dogs?  I love dogs but even more
beautiful cats (like persians with green eyes!!!)

 MT> typist senior and have 3 under me but one is in training -  a very
 MT> interesting position at that but a hectic one -- but i do enjoy it -
 MT> may hang it up next year (G) -----  So give Karen a big hello from me
 MT> and I hope to hear from you again --- so take care  --- Do you wear a
 MT> hearing aid now or can you still hear just a wee bit???  Once I take
 MT> the processor off i dont hear a thing -  oh well - nice and quiet and
 MT> peaceful  (G)  --- So will

Not to worry about Karen dearest.  She will probably see this post
(Hiya Karen! <G>).  No Mary, I don't wear hearing aids because they
wouldn't be any use whatsoever to me.  I lost my hearing COMPLETELY
and TOTALY in March 1979 (incidentally, Karen lost a lot of her hearing
at the same time).

So, I lost it at 22 years old... and it was terribly hard.  It's
terrible when you loose it in your young years of adulthood...

I can only feel vibrations (like every normal human being I guess) but
no sounds at all.  My lost is a 120 Db lost (the lowest in the chart).
An audiologist told me once that they consider a person with a 90 db
lost as a deaf person.

I also know that some "Deaf" people are less deaf than some
"deaf" people.  Only a carrot can be deafer than I am...<GGGGG>

Take care Mary and hope to read you soon!

Amicalement,

Hugues

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