r/deaf

Hi, I’m from India and I’m hard of hearing.

It’s been really difficult for me to make friends because of this, so I’m hoping to connect with others who understand—whether you’re hard of hearing, deaf, or just open-minded.

Would love to chat or hang out sometime.

I am not deaf and am going on a first date with someone who is in a couple days. I’m really excited to meet her. She knows I don’t know ASL. I really don’t want to mess up the first date by overthinking.

We have been texting each other but if I don’t know ASL, how am I going to communicate with her on the date? I don’t want to be insensitive, I carry a messenger bag because I have to carry epi pens, is there something I should carry with me just in case? Paper pens?

I’m seriously not trolling I actually felt a connection through the text…that whole first impression thing. What can I do to not mess this up? Does anyone have a similar experience? If so what happened?

Being deaf is not for the weak for sure, but given the circumstances I'm not so strong to begin with. Deep rooted issue with being deaf since birth is having difficulties with developing properly, I've grown ashamed and silent, because people are always irritated when someone doesn't hear them. Society just fences me off, since im incompatible with people who hear well and couldn't bother themselves with caring.

It's dreadful, truly, and my words aren't enough to explain how painful it is to live a life you cannot experience fully.

I don't have anyone to talk to except my family, but even they are busy with raising a younger child. They don't have the energy to try and understand me, so i have to leave them alone.

Each time I interact socially, i feel how much impact this disability left on me throughout my life. Even so, after putting much effort into interhuman relationships it all ends in a very similar way - the person understands that it's too difficult for them and leaves me. Tomorrow I'm planning to meet a person I'm not comfortable with, nor want to spend time with, but I talk to them because they're as desperate as me.

Hi, r/deaf!

It’s me, Helen!

Yeah, I’m being an obvious American right now because I called the “football” sport as “soccer.”

But, in all seriousness, deaflympics just suspended their football (soccer) sport.

Why!?

Isn’t that like the international’s most popular sport!? How are they going to have the next deaflympics without this sport?

Anyone know why?

Hello there. I am sixteen and have some concerns.

I have a fear that I could possibly be experiencing early hearing loss but I want to be sure of it.

The reason for me saying this is that my hearing hasn't been how you used to and I am only just recently starting to realize.

Another reason for my concern is I have been needing to turn the volume on my things up more then I used to because it just seems way to quiet. An example is on my TV 15 used to sound like what 24 sounds like to me now, and 50-100 doesn't sound as loud as it should. It all is WAY too quiet and this is clearly not normal.

Sometimes I hear ringing which I never used to.

Now i'm not sure how to properly describe this next part so I apologize if this makes no sense at all but my ears feel very uncomfortable? They feel like they're clogged but they aren't, they also occasionally feel like they're burning.

I looked some of this up to try and see what it could be but I do not really trust google, I trust people who have gone through or currently go through what I am experiencing to tell me of I should be concerned about this.

I don't want to tell my mother about this because we are not financially stable but if this turns out to be serious then I will.

I do now reasons why this is probably happening and I know they're stupid and avoidable. I have NEVER taken my hearing serious and have always played things at high volumes and I have been to multiple concerts without protecting my ears. I know these are reasons are my fault and could have been avoided but I never thought of the fact that it could actually be serious until now.

I have had a hard time hearing for about 20 years. But at 48 and I just tired for trying to hear or just be around people. So I went and was tested twice, first time I was in disbelief. I have profound hearing loss in both ears. I do read lips or stay silent for the most part. People mumble all the time. Ugh. Now, I am getting hearing aids and I am worried but all the sounds out there. There are times I like the silence. Also, my doctor said that I am deaf, but I can hear loud or very high pitched sounds so maybe not deaf?

I wasn't born deaf, but ever since i was 21, i've had this ongoing issue where due to my narrow ear canals, every few months, i get ear wax impaction in one or both ears which makes me go completely deaf.

I'm always put on a waiting list for one or two months to get a microsuction ear procedure at the hospital, and i have to live a very frustrating life during that period.

It affects my job performance and social interactions.

Am i welcome here, seeing as i wasn't born deaf?

For those who use hearing aids full time in order to function with their hearing loss/deafness, and work from home. Please help. Do you connect your hearing aids to your work computer or do you have an accommodation to use your personal computer? My hearing aids require repairing to new device every time it’s switched from one to another which takes reconfiguring. So, if I pair to my personal computer for example and then go to a family members house and wanted to switch to theirs, I would never go through the hassle. So, up until now I have the accommodation to use my personal computer to work with my own device (everyone works from home - that part is not an accommodation). The accommodation is my own device. This way I don’t have to constantly pair and unpair all day if I need to use my personal cell phone to… hear. I just received a note from Hr saying they’d like to move me to a work device. I am so stressed out at how this is going to work. Please share details if you have a similar scenario.