Thanks Andy. Yes, really loving it! LOL, actually, I've been told by several people and midwives (at 2 hospitals) that there's been a baby boom in the past...
I hear some bassy sounds when I'm in the pool, but can't really hear anything else. I guess when I was a kid and couldn't hear in the pool, it was more to do...
This isn't really about swimming - its mainly about the fact that in certain places you can hear 99.9% of what is spoken to you and yet in other places its a...
Yes I understand completely about what you are going through, regarding being in denial about having hearing loss. Like you, I too only have problems with...
Hi Joan, You'd noticed I wasn't around then? LOL! Did you miss me? ;- ) Haha! Thanks for replying. How are you getting on with your new prisma 2? I really...
Just read your message about lip reading in mirror whilst driving etc Made me smile :-) Reminded me of when I was in car with my bro, (he's profoundly deaf)who...
Changed the subject heading here as we seem to go have gone off swimming lol. A Social Worker gave me a tip for driving in the car. He said get another mirror...
I never imagined how this thread about diving and swimming would develop, but it has obviously struck a chord with many of you so it's maybe worth going on....
Sarah you have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER how your commnets have helped me, in fact, I have sat and read them with a tear in my eyes, why????? because here you are...
Thank you again for the comments - isnt it just amazing what you have to reduce yourself to when faced with ANY problem, people can comment but until they are...
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaa, good idea to change the heading from SWIMMING !!!!!!!! ha ha. Wow, now why on earth didn't I think of that, It would...
Good luck Talli, Look forward to reading how you got on with the mirror. Will be away for a few days in sunnny (I hope) California. Nah not the one in USA...
Hello - RNID's One in Seven magazine is looking for people who can respond to next issue's problem shared story - this is the letter, (below). If you would...
Changed the subject line to swimming Ian, I hate swimming, always hated it ..must be a deaf thing :-) 2 of my children are learning to swim, they have lessons...
Interesting about the mirror. I knew someone who had one stuck right in the middle of the windscreen, blocking her view! She was the driver and used that...
I have to admit I am guilty of scaring my passengers by taking my eyes off the road to look at them. If I am taking someone I don't know, I tell them not to...
Not too bad when driving with my wife but anyone new in the car I tend to say listen to the radio as I will have difficulty understanding you when driving. ...
ohhhhh and here's me just getting jealous - ha ha ha, no seriously I hope you have A GREAT time in CALIFORNIA......... ( near Great Yarmouth ) ... California. ...
haaaaaa haaaaaaa, ohh my giddy aunts Fintan, now THAT does sound a bit OTT to me, I can't say that I would go to that extent..... I must make myself very...
When driving a car, full attention is needed. I have friends in Bath who visit, we just agree no conversations. I have worked with numerous road traffic...
Sophie, the response email address is obsfucated/hidden by Yahoo. Could you please repost with the email address spelt out like this perhaps: 'fred dot bloggs...
... Absolutely true Sue. You should NEVER take your eyes off the road (or mirrors) for a second. Even looking down to adjust the heating or radio is long...
Just thought i would say hello as im new to this site, and im Aquired Profoundly Deaf....started with left ear at birth and many many many many operations,i...
Talli, I'm so glad I could help. Thank you for your lovely message, which brought tears to my eyes. (I'm not used to people being so kind to me, with words!...
Maybe thats what you should have done!! Pulled the car over & told her you are hoh...It's nothing to be ashamed of. I went to the hairdressers few wks ago &...
Talking of lipreading in mirrors...I was at a deaf boarding school. In all the communal washrooms was a row of basins with a mirror all the way along. So we...
Ohhh I agree with you 100%, if it were someone else who was whistling ( sounds funny doesn't it ) I wouldnt bother whatsoever, it wouldn't make a jot of...
STAGETEXT will be captioning Graeae's production of Flower Girls at Hampstead Theatre on Wednesdy 24 October, 7.30pm The play is a funny, beautifully observed...
