Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Posted on: Sun, Mar 30 2008 1:48 PM

Posted by: House Posts: 132

Thanks for the request. It will happen and by this week. I will send a message to the tech folks to get it up there.

Also, we have an entirely separate health condition coming called "Hearing Loss" that an expert physician (ENT) is working on for us and he has told me that I should get it delivered via email on Monday or Tuesday. Then we need to edit it. We also have images created and are working on an animation of how hearing works (or doesn't work). I hope all of that is useful and we will continue to desire your feedback.

Thanks for waiting.

Posted on: Thu, Jul 24 2008 8:36 PM

Posted by: Posts: 4,191

Hi all I'm new here too.  I was disapointed to see there wasn't much on Deaf/HOH.

My son is 7 and HOH since birth. I'm the mom!

Debi

Posted on: Fri, Oct 24 2008 11:51 PM

Posted by: helenchapman Posts: 6

The questions you raise are very very important.  I have ceased being able to go to restaurants with groups of people because i get so much feedback from my hearing aids it is uncomfortable.  restaurants with no carpeting are particularly challenging. When I rent a movie or DVD, and there is no option for "languages", so I can access closed captioning it gets me so upset.  I spend so much time on the phone asking people to slow down. they respond by speaking just as quickly but louder. Which doesn't help. When I go out of town on business, TV hotels. 't offer an easy way to get closed captioning.  That could definiely be improved either through guest services or some other option.  Airports, though are the worst.  Only a few airports (Atlanta) offer on screen notifications of when your row is boarding, so you dont have to ask strangers what number row they are calling. I am quite gifted in lip reading,  but asking someone to look directly at you when they talk seems to make some people very uncomfortable. So, they lower their head so their lips aren't visible. When I was in DC there were lots of hearing impaired 12th step meetings i could go to. They were even listed in the meeting schedules.  However, now I have noticed that they only indicate "wheelchair accessible" as if that were the only disability in the world. I lost most of my hearing 20 years ago, but the stigma of being hard of hearing stopped me from getting help for a long time. The most important question I would like answered is why can't I get health insurance to pay for new hearing aids? If they pay for glasses, heart transplants, why is it so impossible to find an insurance company that will reimburse you for new hearing aids.  thank you for raising your questions.

Posted on: Fri, Oct 24 2008 11:55 PM

Posted by: helenchapman Posts: 6

Could you tell me where to get that book. I'd really appreciate a good laugh now.

Posted on: Sat, Oct 25 2008 12:06 AM

Posted by: helenchapman Posts: 6

How can i get a copy of the article you wrote? If it is not too confidential, what federal agency do you work for that is this forward looking? the federal agency I work for doesn't seem to be that sensitive to the issue. What you wrote brought tears to my eyes, tears of relief. Thank you.