Hearing Loss & Deafness Support Group

Hello my name is belle. I'm 24 years old and work as a receptionist. I lost my hearing from an ear infection that I got as a 2 year old. I was completely deaf for a few days but thankfully my hearing return to a mild/moderate hearing loss. I wear 2 small hearing aids when working and will sometimes wear them for social occasions too. I'm heading off travelling in a few weeks.

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I'm J and I'm 17 years old. I've been severely deaf since i was 3 years old but i presumably went for those 3 years hearing virtually nothing and it finally became apparent to doctors when i wasn't picking up speech. it was a mad rush to get me speaking and fitted with hearing aids before i started school but we did it. When i was young id didnt see myself as different but i got older and realised i was, sometimes i feel isolated and annoyed with myself if i cant hear what's going on. Meeting deaf people and learning bsl boosted my confidence lots. I have so much to say about what being deaf means, theres quite alot to say tbh.
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HI. I'm Robin. I just discovered yesterday that I have moderate SN hearing loss. I get fitted Thursday for my new hearing aids. I don't know what to expect. Any suggestions or helpful hints would be welcome. I'm 47. I haven't been hearing well for over a year and went to the ENT because I had a bad cold and couldn't hear but got over the cold and still my hearing didn't come back so I thought I should get it checked out. I thought it was allergies. BOY. Was I ever WRONG!

Hi, my name is Star, I have 4 children. I am full deaf in right ear and an aid in left. It is going fast I am 57 yrs old so know how to talk and lip read and sign, so does my family I had lip reading for 8 yrs this all helped me alot. I choose to say I am late deafened.

My name is Luci. I was born hearing loss. My first language was french. After that I did to speak in English. When i went to high school.I have two digital hearing aids. I am married to my husband has good hearing.I have two daughters.My oldest daughter are married has also good hearing, 26 yrs old and another daughter has her hearing loss just like me,and she has two digital hearing aids, 23 years yrs old. She graduated at University Mass. She works at U.Mass.Disability office.

i'm 28 and i was born profoundly Deaf. I am a British Sign Language (BSL) user as well as a lipreader (depends on situation :)

I have travelled a lots and learned to sign in American, Estonian, Jordanian (Arabic) and Russian. I love languages and different cultures.

I am currently having mental health problems which unfortunately include self harming and suicidual thoughts, not because i'm Deaf... at least i dont think so LOL

to everybody who is struggling about their deafness, hang in there, u can still do anything u want to do, u just have to adapt a little how you achieve your goals that all.

hugs to all

Hello everyone.I have degenergerative hearing loss in both ears (moderate/severe)I wear hearing aids and lip read a bit.I am a housewife,married,child-free.I have one dog,and four cats though who keep me busy and on my toes.

I have a hearing loss that runs in the family. On both sides! My grandma on mother's side was losing her hearing at about 55- 60 years old. My own Dad was losing his hearing gradually starting at 45 (?). I just remember him starting to speak louder and louder, as if challenging the other people to speak louder, too. I started noticing in my 30s, that I strained to hear at meetings at work. Finally I checked my hearing recently, in my 40s. I have better hearing at low and high sounds, and the worst in the middle. Typical familial (inherited) loss, not the age-related one.

I think my right ear is almost completely gone now, and I don't know when the other will go. I am buying cheap sound amplifying devices (that look like Blue Tooth ear phone attachments). They help in public meetings like meetings with teachers and the classes I am taking right now, but they amplify ALL the noises around (car door closing is like a bomb detonation). I don't know if the hearing aid is more sophisticated and amplifies only the sounds that I need to hear. If not, then they are not better than this cheap sound amplifier.

So far I stay at home with my kids (5 and 6) and am actually dreading if I ever had to join workforce, - because of my hearing. I would rather run my own business (making things) out of the house. Internet is a great social outlet for me.

Hello all,
I'm currently in the panic/anixiety disorder group but will join this one very soon. I am 42 years old, married and have 1 son. I was born with hearing loss in both ears. My mom first noticed it when I started walking as a toddler and when she would call my name I wouldn't respond when my back was turned towards her. I have sensorineural loss so unfortunately that means I cannot have an operation. I wore outer hearing aids in highschool and college and also would sit in front of the class. I now wear inner aids and noticed my hearing has gotten worse over the years and I would like to find any that are better than the ones I have now (they are digital). I'm in the process of trying to see if I want to change careers to perhaps go into teaching but I'm afraid I won't be able to hear the children! I would love to tutor/ try teaching english as a second language.

hi my name is amy. I am 45 yrs old andd have had a hearing loss for about 20 years. it is slowly getting worse. I also have anxiety, I've researched and from what I can understand the anxiety and hearing loss is related because it has to do with the nerves in the temporal lobe of the brain,I am also a teacher