Motion seconded
Tom Latimer (no cochlear implant yet, deafness and tinnitus)
On July 31, 2024 1:12:40 AM EDT, Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1@...> wrote:
Tell me about it! A very long time ago I began to have trouble
remembering names. Never forgot anything but was sometimes very slow on
remembering. Has gotten worse. I asked my doctor if I was getting
dementia, he just laughed. What I find fascinating is that its much more
likely when I am speaking than when I am writing. I have discovered that
when I write I have a much larger vocabulary than when I speak. Perhaps
it is an effect of my deafness. Now that I have a cochlear implant
perhaps it will improve. I am still learning how to use it. Some
recipients report being able to hear clearly as soon as theirs is
activated, some report having a long struggle; I seem to be one of the
latter. Nonetheless, it does seem to work and I will keep at it.
Being deaf is awful! Hearing people just don't get it! If you are
blind or have a missing leg or something people will make adjustments;
If you are deaf people say "No Problem" and keep going as though you
could hear the tiniest pin drop. I once had exceptionally good hearing
and never realized just how big a disability deafness is.
Well, I am babbling in public and will stop now.
On 7/30/2024 7:05 PM, Justin Bowser - KI5GKD wrote:
Yeah, the older I get the more often I'm afflicted with brain-farts... :-\
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Justin B
KI5GKD
