I use to be under the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in Gray's Inn Road, London, from the age of 5 till about 19. Twice a year my mum took me...
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."- Oscar Wilde, who also said " A real friend stabs you in the front ." Only degrees I...
Hello everyone! My name's Nirit and I am a medical student in London. I've been deaf since I was born and have had some difficulty adjusting to digital ...
Hi Nirit, Welcome to Hard of Hearing UK and thanks for joining this friendly "family" of deaf and HOH people (and friends and family)! About the digitals,...
Hi Nirit, Welcome to the group :) I played the piano when I was younger but very much out of practise now. I dont seem to have any problems listening to...
Welcome to all our new members out there! We are getting more and more joining us now! Iv been around but not posting that much recently - I have a thesis to...
I like the three degrees too. For the ENT waiting list topic, I have a 1000 degree comment. To get to the front of the queue : claim you are an asylum seeker !...
Hi Nirit, I play cello and piano too but I'd only had analogues for a couple of years before I went digital.It's taken me quite a few fine tunings and I've...
Hi Ian, you wrote ... after ... I'm intrigued. Surely you still saw a doctor first at the hospital who requested the tests and x-rays? Rather than being able...
Oh Mazza, it has been so frustrating for the doctors as well as patients! Every few years the system changes and rules change about who we can refer where....
Hi Clare, Yeah, I understand that the GPs have to follow the rules etc but it just seemed so annoying at the time, cuz if I didnt have my kids I would have...
My aids were in the bottom drawer most of the time! but I decided to go for digis! I asked my GP to refer me to RNTNE and he said no could only refer me to...
Hello! It's great to meet so many deaf musicians! Thank you for your rapid replies!!! - and for the suggestions. I have worn this particular pair of digital...
Hi all I guess im a bit quiet atm but thats cos i have been really really busy working (*smile*) I just wanted to ask if anyone wanted to chat online sumtime...
Hi Mazza <<Anyway, now I am in the process of waiting for a hip op and the first consultant I saw, I wasnt happy with and after some research on my part my GP...
Hi Mazza ... Too right it's annoying. When the rules seem so silly! ... still ... I don't know if you're like me, but I found the wait frustrating. I can cope...
Hi everyone i'm a new member and have just got my first set of hearing aids i could do with a chat with someone who has been wearing them for a while...
Hello there and welcome! I am new myself - only signed up the other day! I have been wearing hearing aids since I was 13 months old - I don't know if that's...
Hi all, Whats all this about PHDS. I'm a design engineer for Rolls-Royce Aerospace and have not got a degree, but plenty of other qualifications. Degrees are...
Hi Mark Pray HOW do deaf and those with loss GET experience ! I fear it still largely depends on how many db's you have left. Grog on another site left with...
MM, this is so right! It does seem that these days things are worse than before despite the DDA etc. I too have trecked down the JobCentre asking for all the...
As you all know all workplace phone should have a t setting and an inductive coupler in them. My problem is that the phone is near the pc and it has to be I...
... the ... to ... bt ... Hi Val, I don't know about different phones, sorry. But I did hear something about flat screen monitors being better and not causing...
Absolutely, Well I have a PhD* and I spent twenty years in pharmaceutical research. I am now largely unemployed (semi-retired is what I call it, when asked)....
It is not the phone that is the problem, it is the computer monitor. Traditional computer monitors usually interfere with the hearing aid's T setting and cause...
Hi all, and a direct hiya to josh hows work?. Ill come online later if u wnt? Hows raven?. (to everyone) i play piano and pan as a hobby i like pan best cos...
Hi all, through a change in our commitment we have to cancelled our holiday (Crying...sobbing...), but we already booked everything and don't want to waste the...
Val, I use the BT Converse 220 at work and at home. Please confirm or anyone. Is it now law that all office phones in the workplace should have inductive...
I like the 3 degrees too. I saw them once live at Jolles in Stoke. They don't do songs like they sang or acts anymore Mark nigel <errnngh@...> wrote: I...
Clare, I suffer with high frequency sensineural deafness (both ears). I have ski slope deafness , my audigram is normal only up to 500 Hz then it ski slopes...
