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Hearing Loss: Come introduce yourself and connect with others
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Hi I’m Judy, just found this forum through HLAA. I started losing my hearing about 7 years ago. Today my hearing has progressed to profound loss in my right ear and severe loss in my left ear. I saw my audiologist earlier this month, I’m due for new hearing aids. Needed to connect with others like myself. Sometimes I feel so alone, even though I have family and friends
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Hi Judy:
Welcome to the group! I definitely agree that hearing loss can be a very lonely experience. And your loss has progressed relatively quickly. I have a moderate to severe hearing loss (more like severe, if you ask me) and can get tired and frustrated with the usual types of social interactions requiring listening and responding. Sometimes I can do one on one conversations but that's about it. Mostly I prefer to email people. But being in this and other HLAA groups has helped me greatly. I've seen a lot of people with less hearing left than me do very well in interacting with other people. Because they were able to be open about their hearing loss and, most importantly, convey to others that they really wanted to understand what those other people were saying.
You might want to find out more about cochlear implants. That HLAA seminar this afternoon has me convinced they work surprisingly well, and they are appropriate for people with profound and severe levels of hearing loss.
Stay safe and be well.
Ann
Hi Judy, welcome to 'Connect'. It's a great place to ask questions and visit online. It helps a lot to compare experiences. I'm actively involved in HLAA, and thank HLAA for enlightening me about hearing loss over 35 years ago! It's a wonderful organization. You are definitely not alone with hearing loss! Good luck with those new hearing aids. Be sure to get telecoils in them. Ask me why if you don't already know. HLAA promotes telecoils and hearing loop technology. I live in Wisconsin. Where are you from?
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@jett215, Hi Judy, Welcome!.! still feel relatively new to the list, having been on it for a couple of months. I also learned of the list from HLAA - board members of the NYC chapter. Where do you hang out? 🙂 If I weren't on the board I don't know that I would have heard of this list. How did you learn from HLAA? Your hearing situation seems to make you a candidate for a cochlear implant and reminds me that I briefly watched an excellent HLAA sponsored panel just this afternoon about cochlear implants. They emphasized how so many people who would benefit from them, don't have them. Has a CI been ruled out for you?