Thank you for being an advocate! My 4 month old daughter got her hearing aids 2 months ago, with the help of family we were able to provide those for her. Otherwise the state of GA thinks we make to much money to get help.
Thanks for sharing this Trisha. Congratulations on getting your sweet daughter hearing aids! How is she doing? As you know, it's so important for her to get them early to help her learn to talk. It's terrible that families like yours can't get help or have them covered by insurance. With hearing aids costing up to $6,000 a pair, most families can't pay that. Even dual-income households can't afford it. We are providing hearing aids to children in households that are 400 percent above poverty level in Tampa Bay.
@@ChristyVogel-t8n She is Thriving! we also are super active in every program GA has to offer and learning ASL every day! We are super fortunate that my parents were able to help with the cost as well as the little the insurance did help. Thank you for helping those children and families.
As a hard of hearing person, . I want to thank you for sharing your story and turning tragedy into beneficial and saving the lives of people with hearing loss. I have being wearing hearing aids as a kid. Thank you for sharing your struggles of lipreading and listening relying on sounds. Many people do think that we often "ignore" them when we actually do not hear what they said and it is because of the level of our hearing. loss. Some people need to really see that lipreading is a form of listening as well. This is a well done presentation. I am glad you do have a foundation that adovacte the importance of providing access to hearing aids for those who need. I'm so sorry for your loss of your family members.
I can relate what you have said as a person who had hearing loss from birth but found out at the age of 42! After tens of hearing aids now with a new hearing aids I started hearing things that wasn't before. I realize now why I was always in the front row, learned less, struggled in studies, lost so many jobs, low self esteem and of course much distracted from surroundings. There should be a bigger efforts from government and organizations to address hearing problems in people and help them with medical assistance. Good luck with your initiative.
Congratulations on getting your hearing aids! They help a lot, but for your self esteem’ sake, please focus on the positive tracks your brain is telling you and ignore the negative that tell us we’re not worthy, we’re not smart enough… We do have the power within to focus on the positive. We just have to work on it everyday. I know I do!
❤❤❤ Thank you! I probably started reading lips long before I realized that was what I was doing. My audiologist said that they want me to read lips in addition to the hearing aids. That makes no sense to me. I think they use my hearing aids as another means of abuse. I am probably a 3 and 4 without my hearing aids. I’m better with them, but they’ve never been adjusted properly to my hearing needs. As a reading teacher (prior to my hearing getting so bad) I had to fight to get a hearing test for one of my students. It finally happened just before the end of the school year.
Robin, I'm sure you did start reading lips before you knew it. We do what we can to cope. I still read lips while wearing my hearing aids. If I'm not looking at you (even while wearing my hearing aids) I can't understand you. Many people who are not hard of hearing read lips and facial expressions so they can understand better. I heard from so many people during COVID that they didn't realize they relied on lip reading until lips were covered with masks. Bless you for fighting for your student to get tested. It makes me sad that in our school district, children are tested only in Kindergarten, third grade (which is optional) and sixth grade. I was probably born hearing impaired and didn't get diagnosed until sixth grade. We moved a lot in elementary school so it was easy for me to fall through the cracks.
@@ChristyVogel-t8n COVID was definitely difficult for hearing, and even now I am in situations where there are people who wear a mask and it’s so difficult. At work I still struggle immensely and answering a regular phone is not only difficult, but makes me anxious.
Your description of rearing lose is similar to mine. In school the teacher would tell me to sound out the words and spell it, I could not hear the word well enough to do that. Fortunately, I made it through high school and late attended a technical school that helped me have a good job and life. My hearing has progressively gotten worst, I now have a Cochlear implant and a hearing aid, but it is still very difficult to understand conversations if there is more than one other person. Life is good but poor hearing makes many things very difficult.
Robert, I’m so glad you were able to finish high school and tech school to be able to get a good job. So many of us just give up because we’re missing more than half of what is taught in the classroom. I almost gave up. But I feel for you with your struggle to hear. It’s EXHAUSTING! And it’s hard for people who hear well to understand.
I was not diagnosed as having moderate impaired hearing by an ENT specialist until my mid forties. I was referred to the public hospital audiology clinic, tested, and had to buy hearing aids. Of the cost of $7000 the government subsidy was only $1000. I was on welfare for health issues at the time so it was a financial struggle. The hearing aids were the old fashioned flesh coloured ear canal type. I was embarrassed to wear and use them because I didn’t want to look like a 70 year old at 40. I became after my time on welfare, an English language teacher with foreign students - and so not hearing students some of whom were were still developing speaking skills. I was then able on my teaching salary to attend a private audiology clinic. By then the new smaller smarter ie microchip technology hearing aids were available but cost $10 to 12 thousand (government subsidiary still only $1,000. It radically changed my life socially, professionally and mentally - once my brain got accustomed to the intrusive sounds of footsteps, birdcalls, rustling turning pages of news papers. But I WAS finally able to hear the sound of rain on the corrugated roof - my favourite sound.
Thank you for sharing your hearing journey Phil! The $10m - 12K a pair sounds higher than usual (at least in the US). Even with the subsidy, it's very expensive. But for something you use everyday, even more than your car, it's worth every penny. I love the happy ending!
Thank you for this video .I am a C I user and I know where you are coming from. I spent my high school years in the 1970s and was put in a slow learners class where at school we were called the Dunstan dummies . My teachers treated me as though I was Distracted and not concentrating on my school work at that stage I was put at the back of the class and got bad reports sent to my parents .
Oh Tony! I'm so sorry you had to go through such a tough childhood! We're still trying to educate people and teachers in hopes they'll consider there may be a hearing issue and not necessarily a discipline issue if a child is not paying attention or disruptive in class. I remember I often received a "Needs Improvement" for the "Practices Self Discipline" line on my report card. We're not bad kids. We're just kids who are bored because we are missing half of what is taught in the classroom.
There was a topic given to write an essay for this world ear day on topic making let's make hearing a reality for all.I referred many websites,looking for resources , WHO websites .Importance that I learned from your words on hearing aids brought me so much meaning in topic and taught me so much than any other resources would...
I'm very deaf. In the UK, hearing aids are free under the NHS for anyone. I'm deeply saddened that children are deprived of such an opportunity in your country. Adults, too. 😢 I intend to donate to any charity here that benefits deaf people.
audiologists need to expand there scope on hearing. They mostly focus on hearing speech and i get it because thats how hearing aids are developed. Ive posted this question a few times in various places and never get an answer. We are told that normal hearing can withstand 80-85 DB a long timer before any damage is done. THE QUESTION is when you have damaged hearing with some severe to profound loss in both ears are you still safe at those levels or does that threshold now drop to 60 70 db or stay the same at 80 to 85 db
Don, I don't have an answer for you either as I'm not an audiologist. BUT I would stay well below the 80-85 DB range in order to protect what hearing you have left. Your audiologist should have a good answer for you.
Thank you for sharing your story. My hearing aids are under a $1000. They are not the greatest but they at least allow me to hear better than I can without them. I would love to see what an expensive pair of hearing aids would do to improve my hearing but I can't justify spending that much money on hearing aids that only last for a few years.
Thank you for listening to my story, Violet! I totally understand how hard it is to pay more for hearing aids. You can absolutely go to a private audiologist (I don't recommend an audiologist with the name of the manufacturer (like Beltone) on the building) and demo a new pair of hearing aids for 30 days. That way you can tell the difference. But I don't recommend you do it if there is no way for you to pay $3500 ea for them. I say that because you'll get used to the better hearing aids, then when you go back to your previous hearing aids, it will sound like they don't work as well as they did before. I pray you find a way to buy better hearing aids. If you have severe hearing loss, they will improve your life and you'll rely on them more than you do your own car. I know I do! And if you take really good care of your hearing aids, you can extend their life to seven years or more. One of our "kiddos" Sounding Joy bought hearing aids for kept hers for seven years! If she can do that, so can you!
Sadly our culture is quite uneducated, prejudice, intolerant & unkind to individuals with special health care needs. As individuals we can offer education & practice a little more tolerance & kindness to each other. Our acceptance or lack there of, can make or break an individual’s day.
Thanks a lot for your video. I write from Barcelona. I have just found out this video trying to improve my English low level. It describes my case. I have the hearing impaired in grade severe. Several relatives of mine have the same issue. I am 70. I use hearing aids from year 1999, when I was 45. Before, I was excluded from promotions in my work. I left this company. Thanks my hearing aids I could work and earn a good living. Is Spain most of ENT doctors beside useless, are scoundrel. Some ones collect kickback fees from hearing aid sellers. Other difficult thing is founding out any hearing care professional that was able to adjust properly the hearing aids. I know several disasters. I suffered more than one.
Gracias por tu comentario. Me alegra mucho que tenga sus audífonos, pero me entristece saber que está teniendo tantas dificultades para repararlos, ya que es extremadamente importante. No tenía idea de que en España fuera tan difícil.
Matt, I totally get it. The cool factor of the technology has come a long way, especially with everyone wearing AirPods, but there is still a stigma out there. Do you have a favorite sports team? You can get hearing aids the colors of the team. Better than the plain white AirPods! And I'm going to give you a little tough love here. Ready? I guarantee your close friends already know you can't hear. OR instead they may be thinking you're aloof or not as smart as you really are. I know this because that's what my friends and family thought about me. I thought I was doing a good job of hiding it, but I was wrong. I got my hearing aids at 27 and couldn't believe everything I was missing. I strongly encourage you to go to a private audiologist and at least do a 30-day free trial of hearing aids. It will change your world, and your friends will forget about it after the first time they see you with them. Oh! and you'll hear better than they do at loud parties!
I was tested in elementary school and told that I was hearing impaired. Still to this day, at the age of 55, I haven't gotten hearing aids. From your description, I have an impairment level of at least three.
Up to 6 thousand dollars! In Australia that is up to $30,000! My last set cost $11,000 ouch. Without them I can hear bass sounds well but very little in the high pitch sounds - just the range in which my wife speaks so she thinks I am just not listening to her. Listen harder she says, but when I put in the aids she expects that they will enable me to hear normally so she goes back to using he normally soft voice rapidly speaking duh!
Oh my gosh! $30,000 is terrible! Norman, I think we have similar hearing loss, as I too can hear low tones (like snoring) without my hearing aids. High pitches including women's voices are very hard for me to hear even with my hearing aids. Unfortunately, people think our hearing aids allow us to hear normally, but that's rarely the case. They help us hear better, but not normal. I'm convinced technology will eventually get to the point where we will hear better than people with normal hearing. I already do in some cases in a loud room with a lot of people talking.
@@ChristyVogel-t8n Loud rooms are super bad for me because ALL the noises are amplified and when I try to get one ear closer to the speaker they instantly step away until I again explain that I am deaf and need to get close to the sound source!
Sympathetic hearers must be in the same room as you, and speak slower than normal. They should also try to `find` the base in their voice when speaking to those with hearing disability. Those afflicted themselves must watch the lips of speakers - as that helps them understand the words. Everyone in life seems to `rabbit` at top speed - slow it down, slow it down! All business tele lines should use dedicated and amplified technology to help the deaf!
6000$ for a hearing aid ? That's more than twice as much as the cost here in Sweden and we even get the greatest part paid by the public health insurance. I know that also farmaceutical medicine is much more expensive in the US than elsewhere. They scam you I think it is cheaper to buy a hearing aid in Canada or in Mexico.
The U.S. system was designed to be for-profit, not for-citizen which is why 40 million have no coverage and their primary care is going to the hospital emergency room, because they can't turn you away.
You're so right. US insurance rarely pays for any part of hearing aids. Fortunately, we have a buying resource that gives us up to 60% discounts for the hearing aids we buy for children.
I hate my hearing aids. Hate them so much. I’ll never wear them. Never ever ever. Deaf is not a bad thing. We are perfect the way we are. YOU hearing people are the disabled ones because you can’t use sign language and you don’t get to be a part of our amazing culture and community. Too bad for you.
You're right. The deaf culture and community IS amazing! And being Deaf is certainly not a bad thing. I'm sorry your hearing aids don't work for you, but it sounds like you don't need them to live a wonderful life. So I'm very happy for you.
I'm so sorry if I offended you or anyone in the deaf community. It is not my intent at all. I completely support anyone who chooses not to wear a hearing aid or cochlear implant. You are perfect as you are and I wish you much luck and success.
And can you explain why? Sorry, but this comment shouldn't be put on the whole deaf community. I was born with severe hearing, so without hearing aids I cannot hear at all and this was a very personal and emotional talk that I can totally agree with. Most of the deaf people that I know (I am not talking about the modern society as we are fortunate with the newest technologies) are suffering with the addiction, but it is quite understandable for many reasons.
:) Thanks for the observation. Like I said in the video, there are benefits to being hearing impaired. Not hearing my heavy breathing is one of them. :)
Thank you for being an advocate! My 4 month old daughter got her hearing aids 2 months ago, with the help of family we were able to provide those for her. Otherwise the state of GA thinks we make to much money to get help.
Thanks for sharing this Trisha. Congratulations on getting your sweet daughter hearing aids! How is she doing? As you know, it's so important for her to get them early to help her learn to talk. It's terrible that families like yours can't get help or have them covered by insurance. With hearing aids costing up to $6,000 a pair, most families can't pay that. Even dual-income households can't afford it. We are providing hearing aids to children in households that are 400 percent above poverty level in Tampa Bay.
@@ChristyVogel-t8n She is Thriving! we also are super active in every program GA has to offer and learning ASL every day! We are super fortunate that my parents were able to help with the cost as well as the little the insurance did help. Thank you for helping those children and families.
It was a pleasure to share the stage with you. Thank you for raising awareness on this, Christy.
Lauren, thank you so much for listening! Your comment also helps to raise awareness!
As a hard of hearing person, . I want to thank you for sharing your story and turning tragedy into beneficial and saving the lives of people with hearing loss. I have being wearing hearing aids as a kid. Thank you for sharing your struggles of lipreading and listening relying on sounds. Many people do think that we often "ignore" them when we actually do not hear what they said and it is because of the level of our hearing. loss.
Some people need to really see that lipreading is a form of listening as well. This is a well done presentation. I am glad you do have a foundation that adovacte the importance of providing access to hearing aids for those who need. I'm so sorry for your loss of your family members.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment. It makes me so sad that people thought I was ignoring them.
You are changing the lives of children. Thank you for all that you do and your huge heart.
Thank YOU for listening and commenting!
I can relate what you have said as a person who had hearing loss from birth but found out at the age of 42! After tens of hearing aids now with a new hearing aids I started hearing things that wasn't before. I realize now why I was always in the front row, learned less, struggled in studies, lost so many jobs, low self esteem and of course much distracted from surroundings. There should be a bigger efforts from government and organizations to address hearing problems in people and help them with medical assistance. Good luck with your initiative.
Congratulations on getting your hearing aids! They help a lot, but for your self esteem’ sake, please focus on the positive tracks your brain is telling you and ignore the negative that tell us we’re not worthy, we’re not smart enough… We do have the power within to focus on the positive. We just have to work on it everyday. I know I do!
Incredible talk Christy. Even better listening to it a second time now. Fantastic job!
Thank you Gail! I enjoyed your inspirational talk also. I learned so much!
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Ty for helping other kids who don't have a voice and to afraid to get help
Wow Crystal! I’ve never received ten hearts before! You made my whole week! Thank you for listening. 💕💕💕💕💕💕
Christy, thanks for your insight on this topic of hearing and listening. Also, it was a pleasure sharing the stage with you.
Thank you Veronica! And thank you for sharing your lovely voice with us on the stage. I learned a lot!
You described my life so much.makes me feel not so alone
Thank you so much for your comment. You are NOT alone, Crystal! You've got this!
@@ChristyVogel-t8n Did you have tinnitus as well since birth?
@@log791 I did not have tinnitus.
I hided my hearing problem ever since 5th grade until there was listening and speaking test that taught me to admit it.
It's easy to want to hide it. I thought I was hiding it, but realized people knew I wasn't catching everything they were saying.
I don’t remember giving permission for you to tell my life story. Thank you for your advocacy.
Thank YOU for getting through that difficult part of your life. I hope this part of your life is serving you better.
❤❤❤ Thank you! I probably started reading lips long before I realized that was what I was doing. My audiologist said that they want me to read lips in addition to the hearing aids. That makes no sense to me. I think they use my hearing aids as another means of abuse. I am probably a 3 and 4 without my hearing aids. I’m better with them, but they’ve never been adjusted properly to my hearing needs.
As a reading teacher (prior to my hearing getting so bad) I had to fight to get a hearing test for one of my students. It finally happened just before the end of the school year.
Robin, I'm sure you did start reading lips before you knew it. We do what we can to cope. I still read lips while wearing my hearing aids. If I'm not looking at you (even while wearing my hearing aids) I can't understand you. Many people who are not hard of hearing read lips and facial expressions so they can understand better. I heard from so many people during COVID that they didn't realize they relied on lip reading until lips were covered with masks. Bless you for fighting for your student to get tested. It makes me sad that in our school district, children are tested only in Kindergarten, third grade (which is optional) and sixth grade. I was probably born hearing impaired and didn't get diagnosed until sixth grade. We moved a lot in elementary school so it was easy for me to fall through the cracks.
@@ChristyVogel-t8n COVID was definitely difficult for hearing, and even now I am in situations where there are people who wear a mask and it’s so difficult.
At work I still struggle immensely and answering a regular phone is not only difficult, but makes me anxious.
Your description of rearing lose is similar to mine. In school the teacher would tell me to sound out the words and spell it, I could not hear the word well enough to do that. Fortunately, I made it through high school and late attended a technical school that helped me have a good job and life. My hearing has progressively gotten worst, I now have a Cochlear implant and a hearing aid, but it is still very difficult to understand conversations if there is more than one other person. Life is good but poor hearing makes many things very difficult.
Robert, I’m so glad you were able to finish high school and tech school to be able to get a good job. So many of us just give up because we’re missing more than half of what is taught in the classroom. I almost gave up. But I feel for you with your struggle to hear. It’s EXHAUSTING! And it’s hard for people who hear well to understand.
Loved meeting you, learning from you, and sharing the red circle with you!
Monica, it was so fun meeting you! You were fabulous on the red circle!
I was not diagnosed as having moderate impaired hearing by an ENT specialist until my mid forties. I was referred to the public hospital audiology clinic, tested, and had to buy hearing aids. Of the cost of $7000 the government subsidy was only $1000. I was on welfare for health issues at the time so it was a financial struggle. The hearing aids were the old fashioned flesh coloured ear canal type. I was embarrassed to wear and use them because I didn’t want to look like a 70 year old at 40. I became after my time on welfare, an English language teacher with foreign students - and so not hearing students some of whom were were still developing speaking skills. I was then able on my teaching salary to attend a private audiology clinic. By then the new smaller smarter ie microchip technology hearing aids were available but cost $10 to 12 thousand (government subsidiary still only $1,000. It radically changed my life socially, professionally and mentally - once my brain got accustomed to the intrusive sounds of footsteps, birdcalls, rustling turning pages of news papers. But I WAS finally able to hear the sound of rain on the corrugated roof - my favourite sound.
Thank you for sharing your hearing journey Phil! The $10m - 12K a pair sounds higher than usual (at least in the US). Even with the subsidy, it's very expensive. But for something you use everyday, even more than your car, it's worth every penny. I love the happy ending!
Thank you for this video .I am a C I user and I know where you are coming from. I spent my high school years in the 1970s and was put in a slow learners class where at school we were called the Dunstan dummies . My teachers treated me as though I was Distracted and not concentrating on my school work at that stage I was put at the back of the class and got bad reports sent to my parents .
Oh Tony! I'm so sorry you had to go through such a tough childhood! We're still trying to educate people and teachers in hopes they'll consider there may be a hearing issue and not necessarily a discipline issue if a child is not paying attention or disruptive in class. I remember I often received a "Needs Improvement" for the "Practices Self Discipline" line on my report card. We're not bad kids. We're just kids who are bored because we are missing half of what is taught in the classroom.
@@ChristyVogel-t8n Thank you for your kind words
There was a topic given to write an essay for this world ear day on topic making let's make hearing a reality for all.I referred many websites,looking for resources , WHO websites .Importance that I learned from your words on hearing aids brought me so much meaning in topic and taught me so much than any other resources would...
Thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for the story
You are very welcome!
I'm very deaf. In the UK, hearing aids are free under the NHS for anyone. I'm deeply saddened that children are deprived of such an opportunity in your country. Adults, too. 😢
I intend to donate to any charity here that benefits deaf people.
audiologists need to expand there scope on hearing. They mostly focus on hearing speech and i get it because thats how hearing aids are developed. Ive posted this question a few times in various places and never get an answer. We are told that normal hearing can withstand 80-85 DB a long timer before any damage is done. THE QUESTION is when you have damaged hearing with some severe to profound loss in both ears are you still safe at those levels or does that threshold now drop to 60 70 db or stay the same at 80 to 85 db
Don, I don't have an answer for you either as I'm not an audiologist. BUT I would stay well below the 80-85 DB range in order to protect what hearing you have left. Your audiologist should have a good answer for you.
@@ChristyVogel-t8n sadly no one in the industry ive talked to so far has an answer more concerned about selling hearing aids.
Thank you
Thank you for listening!
Thank you for sharing your story. My hearing aids are under a $1000. They are not the greatest but they at least allow me to hear better than I can without them. I would love to see what an expensive pair of hearing aids would do to improve my hearing but I can't justify spending that much money on hearing aids that only last for a few years.
Thank you for listening to my story, Violet! I totally understand how hard it is to pay more for hearing aids. You can absolutely go to a private audiologist (I don't recommend an audiologist with the name of the manufacturer (like Beltone) on the building) and demo a new pair of hearing aids for 30 days. That way you can tell the difference. But I don't recommend you do it if there is no way for you to pay $3500 ea for them. I say that because you'll get used to the better hearing aids, then when you go back to your previous hearing aids, it will sound like they don't work as well as they did before. I pray you find a way to buy better hearing aids. If you have severe hearing loss, they will improve your life and you'll rely on them more than you do your own car. I know I do! And if you take really good care of your hearing aids, you can extend their life to seven years or more. One of our "kiddos" Sounding Joy bought hearing aids for kept hers for seven years! If she can do that, so can you!
Sadly our culture is quite uneducated, prejudice, intolerant & unkind to individuals with special health care needs. As individuals we can offer education & practice a little more tolerance & kindness to each other. Our acceptance or lack there of, can make or break an individual’s day.
You can never have too much kindness!
Thanks a lot for your video.
I write from Barcelona. I have just found out this video trying to improve my English low level. It describes my case. I have the hearing impaired in grade severe. Several relatives of mine have the same issue. I am 70. I use hearing aids from year 1999, when I was 45. Before, I was excluded from promotions in my work. I left this company. Thanks my hearing aids I could work and earn a good living.
Is Spain most of ENT doctors beside useless, are scoundrel. Some ones collect kickback fees from hearing aid sellers.
Other difficult thing is founding out any hearing care professional that was able to adjust properly the hearing aids. I know several disasters. I suffered more than one.
Gracias por tu comentario. Me alegra mucho que tenga sus audífonos, pero me entristece saber que está teniendo tantas dificultades para repararlos, ya que es extremadamente importante. No tenía idea de que en España fuera tan difícil.
I am 25 years old and I still struggle to feel confident wearing hearing aids and I struggle to admit I have hearing impairment.
Matt, I totally get it. The cool factor of the technology has come a long way, especially with everyone wearing AirPods, but there is still a stigma out there. Do you have a favorite sports team? You can get hearing aids the colors of the team. Better than the plain white AirPods! And I'm going to give you a little tough love here. Ready? I guarantee your close friends already know you can't hear. OR instead they may be thinking you're aloof or not as smart as you really are. I know this because that's what my friends and family thought about me. I thought I was doing a good job of hiding it, but I was wrong. I got my hearing aids at 27 and couldn't believe everything I was missing. I strongly encourage you to go to a private audiologist and at least do a 30-day free trial of hearing aids. It will change your world, and your friends will forget about it after the first time they see you with them. Oh! and you'll hear better than they do at loud parties!
I was tested in elementary school and told that I was hearing impaired. Still to this day, at the age of 55, I haven't gotten hearing aids. From your description, I have an impairment level of at least three.
Scott, have you been tested recently? If not, I strongly recommend you do so. At our age, dementia begins to set in without our hearing aids.
Up to 6 thousand dollars! In Australia that is up to $30,000! My last set cost $11,000 ouch. Without them I can hear bass sounds well but very little in the high pitch sounds - just the range in which my wife speaks so she thinks I am just not listening to her. Listen harder she says, but when I put in the aids she expects that they will enable me to hear normally so she goes back to using he normally soft voice rapidly speaking duh!
Oh my gosh! $30,000 is terrible! Norman, I think we have similar hearing loss, as I too can hear low tones (like snoring) without my hearing aids. High pitches including women's voices are very hard for me to hear even with my hearing aids. Unfortunately, people think our hearing aids allow us to hear normally, but that's rarely the case. They help us hear better, but not normal. I'm convinced technology will eventually get to the point where we will hear better than people with normal hearing. I already do in some cases in a loud room with a lot of people talking.
@@ChristyVogel-t8n Loud rooms are super bad for me because ALL the noises are amplified and when I try to get one ear closer to the speaker they instantly step away until I again explain that I am deaf and need to get close to the sound source!
Sympathetic hearers must be in the same room as you, and speak slower than normal. They should also try to `find` the base in their voice when speaking to those with hearing disability. Those afflicted themselves must watch the lips of speakers - as that helps them understand the words. Everyone in life seems to `rabbit` at top speed - slow it down, slow it down!
All business tele lines should use dedicated and amplified technology to help the deaf!
@@kaseycornflakes1234 Well said Kasey, thanks.
6000$ for a hearing aid ? That's more than twice as much as the cost here in Sweden and we even get the greatest part paid by the public health insurance. I know that also farmaceutical medicine is much more expensive in the US than elsewhere. They scam you I think it is cheaper to buy a hearing aid in Canada or in Mexico.
The U.S. system was designed to be for-profit, not for-citizen which is why 40 million have no coverage and their primary care is going to the hospital emergency room, because they can't turn you away.
You're so right. US insurance rarely pays for any part of hearing aids. Fortunately, we have a buying resource that gives us up to 60% discounts for the hearing aids we buy for children.
I hate my hearing aids. Hate them so much. I’ll never wear them. Never ever ever. Deaf is not a bad thing. We are perfect the way we are. YOU hearing people are the disabled ones because you can’t use sign language and you don’t get to be a part of our amazing culture and community. Too bad for you.
You're right. The deaf culture and community IS amazing! And being Deaf is certainly not a bad thing. I'm sorry your hearing aids don't work for you, but it sounds like you don't need them to live a wonderful life. So I'm very happy for you.
This is the most insulting TedTalk to the Deaf community
For real
I'm so sorry if I offended you or anyone in the deaf community. It is not my intent at all. I completely support anyone who chooses not to wear a hearing aid or cochlear implant. You are perfect as you are and I wish you much luck and success.
And can you explain why? Sorry, but this comment shouldn't be put on the whole deaf community. I was born with severe hearing, so without hearing aids I cannot hear at all and this was a very personal and emotional talk that I can totally agree with. Most of the deaf people that I know (I am not talking about the modern society as we are fortunate with the newest technologies) are suffering with the addiction, but it is quite understandable for many reasons.
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Mic is too close to your nose...can hear your nasal breathing.
:) Thanks for the observation. Like I said in the video, there are benefits to being hearing impaired. Not hearing my heavy breathing is one of them. :)
Christy, thanks for your insight on this topic of hearing and listening. Also, it was a pleasure sharing the stage with you.