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Every time I try to eat with one of them I wanna CHOMP

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Digiears and fun

Hearing aids. Love ‘em and hate ‘em. I can’t get them wet so when it starts to rain my anxiety shoots through the roof. I can’t sleep with them on (playing Hidden Picture is not my idea of fun at 6:30 in the morning.) And… they’re also boring as hell regarding colors available. Why assume that adults want grey/black/brown only. I don’t want to hide them, since I’ve found it’s one of the few ways…

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Survived!

Yesterday I had my MRI. I’ve never had one before, so I was anxious. What’s funny though is that my first full-time job out of college was working for an outpatient diagnostic imagine department as a front desk receptionist. I knew the procedures, I knew what was involved depending on the type of MRI getting done, and I knew that it was a painless and relatively comfortable experience. But… it’s…

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Back in Action

Motivation is a real thing when writing a blog. Trying to get it back and will try my best to do a blog a week. It’s a good way to let off steam and talk about an issue that I am passionate about. Today’s topic…. Headsets for work. I’m doing a two week long user provisioning/account verification lab and was told this past Thursday early afternoon that I (and two other people) needed a headset for…

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Hey y’all!

I started a blog called deafproblems (deafproblems.com). I’ll be having them posted here on Tumblr as well. 

I thank you all so much for the support and laughing along with me. 

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::Puts in second hearing aid after a little bit of a delay::

Girlfriend: What?! You were only half listening to me??

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I wake up from nap and don't put aids back in -

Girlfriend: I feel like I can't swear around you.

Me: Why?

Girlfriend: Cause right now your ears are.... holey.

🤦‍♀️

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My hearing aids are acting up:

Me: Oh! I think that's better. Hmm.

Gf: ::literally yodels::

Gf: What? I was helping you test.

Me: 🤦‍♀️

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Hey All!

I'm seeing a new audie on Monday after much encouragement from my girlfriend. I learned last week that my insurance will cover up to $2000 per ear every 36 months. I almost cried when I found that out. I've had to pay out of pocket for the last three pair I've had, over $5000 for a pair. At one point, it was a choice between new pair of hearing aids and a car...

Health care insurance in the US blows a lot of the time.

That being said, I'm looking to get the newest kind of aids out there. I've only used Widex and Phonak but am open to others.

What would you guys recommend? I currently wear bilateral BTE with moderate-severe (some areas profound), Phonak Audéo.

I'm not looking forward to being stuck in a soundproof booth for a half hour to get a hearing test... but it's important.

Thank you!!

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Right now a lot of people are wearing masks, which means people with audio processing disorders, as well as the deaf and hard of hearing are having a BAD TIME. If we ask “what?” a lot, be patient with us. We are trying very hard.

Okay for all to reblog

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Hey All!

I've decided to start a blog to share my experiences as a deaf/hoh individual.

URL: https://deafproblems.com/

What kind of topics do you think would be interesting or questions you have that I can address?

You guys are the best!

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::in shower mid-convo::

gf: hehehe

me: What are you laughing about?

gf: just thought about tiny ponchos for hearing aids 😀

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Me: Now I wouldn't mind some weed!

Girlfriend: [Encouragingly] Okay!

Me: Now I wouldn't mind some weed!

Girlfriend: 🤷‍♀️

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Girlfriend: We need to pick up aluminum foil.

Me: Neosporin?

Girlfriend: 🤷‍♀️

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Overdone Cheek botox: The real live enemy of hoh lip readers everywhere, equivalent to switching off closed captioning.

*Inspired by true events