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Hi everyone! Just a quick note to advise (or remind) you that the Festival of Hearing Solutions Hearing Concern 'Festival of Hearing Solutions' Sunday 11th...
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charlotte115381
Sep 6, 2005 6:34 am
I should know better! I was in work today and a hearing colleague of mine was having diffcutly hearing what i was saying. I was getting increasingly frustrated...
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charlotte115381
Sep 6, 2005 6:35 am
I have heard alot of people mentioning hearing therapists. What are they? Are they different from audiologists ? I have never had a hearing therapist in my...
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charlotte115381
Sep 6, 2005 6:36 am
Sadly i will not be able to attend. But i wish you all well. Has it always been held in Reading or does the location of the festival change each year? ... ...
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mazza_1961
Sep 6, 2005 6:38 am
Hi Charlotte, The festival is not in Reading. It's in London. I think they are planning on holding a similar festival somewhere up North next year. Also, I...
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mazza_1961
Sep 6, 2005 6:46 am
I was referred to a hearing therapist about 10 years ago when I got very depressed over my tinnitus. She explained to me what was happening and helped me come...
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mazza_1961
Sep 6, 2005 6:49 am
Last sentence should read HT's are usually deaf/hoh. Sorry about that. I know some are hearing. Mazza ... got ... like ... days I ... helps me ... out at ......
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Saffron
hohsaffron
Sep 6, 2005 9:39 am
This has happened to me, with my husband... I've got frustrated when he couldn't hear me... I felt terribly guilty afterwards! I guess this shows us that we...
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Saffron
hohsaffron
Sep 6, 2005 9:40 am
The festival is being held in London, not Reading. This is the first of hopefully many. What follows in years to come will depend on the success of this first...
Hello, For your peace of mind - we've all been there! When my hearing worsened to the point of difficulty I went through all the classic emotions: frustration,...
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Saffron
hohsaffron
Sep 6, 2005 11:47 am
Hi Peter... interesting what you said about controlling the volume of our own voices and the fact that the subject is rarely discussed. I too find that...
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Saffron
hohsaffron
Sep 6, 2005 11:53 am
Sorry for typo in title... my fingers type too fast! LOL (I mean OF our own voices of course, not OR)...
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martyn smith
aidmenot
Sep 6, 2005 12:22 pm
Saffron <bel@...> wrote: Sorry for typo in title... my fingers type too fast! LOL (I mean OF our own voices of course, not OR) I am currently...
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Peter Johansson
peter_johans...
Sep 6, 2005 12:29 pm
Thanks for your comments. I find the 'reply volume' interesting - I'll have to watch that and see what results it brings. Maybe others might like to add their...
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Saffron
hohsaffron
Sep 6, 2005 2:04 pm
Hi Martyn, perhaps your gran is speaking quietly because of other reasons? If she's just been in hospital, perhaps she's too weak to talk at her usual volume?...
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Saffron
hohsaffron
Sep 6, 2005 2:06 pm
Yeah, it took me a while to realise that one of the reasons people talked quietly to me (even after being told of my hearing loss) was that I talked quietly to...
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Saffron
hohsaffron
Sep 6, 2005 2:06 pm
I forgot to say though... if one goes the other extreme and speaks very loud, this can also have the effect of making the other person speak quieter......
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Jonathan Daniels
linkinparker...
Sep 6, 2005 2:22 pm
Awww, I wouldn't worry about it too much Charlotte. I tend to talk fairly quietly and so there's a fair bit of "what?" with my HOH friend. :-) Hearing people...
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Peter Johansson
peter_johans...
Sep 6, 2005 2:59 pm
Hi, There is an awful lot that can be done to improve communication between a hearing person and a deaf/h-o-h person! Simple rules: face the light so that the...
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Nick Veitch
nicktobe2002
Sep 6, 2005 4:12 pm
have one noticed that when a couple argue, they tend to have a shouting match ... to see who win the argument with the loudest voice! vice versa, when...
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Anne Morgan
fudg1em
Sep 6, 2005 4:39 pm
I didn't realise I spoke loudly until I got my first hearing aid 20 years ago. The first time I spoke with it in I immediately lowered my voice. I think this...
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mazza_1961
Sep 6, 2005 7:39 pm
Hi Anne, Im the same as you. I speak very loud without my aids. When I go swimming my friends are always going shhhh to me lmao. I dont know why it is the...
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elaine
cello_ace
Sep 6, 2005 9:17 pm
Me too Mazza! hubby says I screechy without them in and the day I got them his first words were that my voice was normal !! If people have a conductice loss or...
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charlotte115381
Sep 7, 2005 6:58 am
Hello Jonathan Nice to meet you :) Well i do care about my team colleaugues at work, i bought them all some walnut whips the other week which they devoured by...
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charlotte115381
Sep 7, 2005 7:00 am
Hi! Well thats a very kind offer Peter, thank you !! :) As to the point you mentioned about my hearing colleague posibly showing the first signs of deafness, i...
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charlotte115381
Sep 7, 2005 7:00 am
Interesting this. I remember as a young child going on holiday to the Isle of Wightwith my Mother. I got all excited about a pencil i had seen in the window...
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charlotte115381
Sep 7, 2005 7:01 am
If you have read my post re Access To Work Applications, you will know i am trying to get a Phonak Smartlink. At the rate i am going (A snail would slither...
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charlotte115381
Sep 7, 2005 7:01 am
Some of you will know that i have submitted an application for a Phonak smartlink FM thingy. Well the latest update on this is that before they can proceed...
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Saffron
hohsaffron
Sep 7, 2005 8:40 am
Hi Anne, Why do some HOH people speak quietly? Good question! I have 2 theories, LOL: 1- Some of us might speak at the same volume that we hear others. As some...
