Hi Nick, Thanks for your message. Yes, you're right, it's very much a case of individual preference and how an individual feels about their deafness. It does...
Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me whether this gathering is for D/deaf/HOH only or whether others are welcome to attend. Any and all info appreciated. Thanks ...
Hi Richard, Well, it is.... sort of. Rather flexible really. If you want to bring your partner/friend/mother-in-law and they are fully hearing then that's...
Hello Richard, I'm Saffron, from the BSL Learners group. Welcome to HoHUK. Thanks for joining and taking an interest. Well, the HOH gathering on the 18th is...
Saffy has put it well Richard. You are very welcome, but BSL is hardly used if practise is what you want/need. If you just wanna chat and join in with other...
As Lizzie has said we are very flexible - a few hearing people do come along. The majority are deaf and hard of hearing. Also majority are oral though a...
Hi There, Thanks to all who sent a reply to my question, appreciate the info. Am thinking that maybe I will be out of place in such a setting. I may have to...
Thanks Richard. No problem, but remember, you are welcome at our gatherings. Everyone is very friendly and if/when you come in future, we'll make sure you...
Hi and welcome! Im not sure if there are any teacher on here! What do you teach?? I did apply to do the BEd but the college told me to go and find a place that...
hi christine, wow, it's comments like that that really make me realise how much things are changing, even if there is a long way to go. I recently had trouble...
The next FREE Deaf Graduates into Employment workshop, run by the University of Bristol, will be on 23rd March - 'Interview Techniques'. At this workshop you...
You know there is a device on the market that cleans hearing aids e.g the dry and store http://www.dryandstore.com/ which I have seen advertised for about...
Wow, well spotted! Well, it's not the same as the drystore, but I would think it does exactly the same as the Connevans Ultrasonic bath, meant to clean ...
Oops, on second thoughts, something like the Connevans Ultrasonic bath is of industrial quality and is much sturdier. I wouldn't think that the jewlery Aldi...
Hey, look what I found on ebay (no, I've not bought it, lol): http://www.connevans.com/products/page_094_2005.pdf In case anyone has nostalgia for the old box...
Ooops was getting my products mixed up. Blimey that Ultrasonic bath from connevans comes to about £200 all in. Mazza ... I'm ... Connevans ... of ... aids ......
If you wanted to know where in this country your ancestors may have come from, you can search a database of where people with your surname live... Try it -...
Hi I am a School Governor at a junior school with a partially hearing unit attached. I am partially deaf and an ex-pupil at the school. I am having a bit of a...
Hi This makes for interesting reading and Im sure its a topic of hot debate right now with so many schools for the deaf having been/ being closed. I would hope...
Saw this on another forum and thought it might interest some here http://www.rnid.org.uk/mediacentre/news/2006/hard_of_hearing_volunteers _needed_lu.htm Mazza...
That's an excellent message Legworks. I agree! I would just add that, personally, I would have loved to have had the opportunity to learn sign language at...
Hi, I was thinking of getting the Skype software to make free or cheap calls via the Internet (to call my family abroad mainly), but I'm not too clear how it...
I've never used Internet telephony, but I think most over the ear headphones work in the T position. Certainly a pair of wireless headphones I've got (a...
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