I'm hard of hearing too. My hearing loss didn't come till after several ear infections though. My ADD doesn't help when listening to what people are saying. If I don't look at the person directly when they are speaking, my brain warps the message into something related.
Looking at the speakers helps because I've managed to learn to read lips to a degree.
I read lips alot. Explains my moist hooker red lipstick fetishes. :P
Do you wear hearing aids?
Not yet. But my mom is helping me look into getting one.
But how would you fly if you can't make hotel reservations?
My mom hgas a credit card. I get $250 a month spending money. In February I'll be able to afford the plane ticket. I give my mom the money and she lets me use her credit card to make the purchase.
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Do you wear hearing aids?Not yet. But my mom is helping me look into getting one.
They help immensely. Just shop accordingly. The Miracle Ears and Beltones of the world are gougers when it comes to the price. Truthfully, you shouldn't have to pay for more than $1500 for a single in-the-ear fittings. Digital too & with a telecoil, I may add.
The downside is that medical aid doesn't seem to be as flexible or forgiving for reimbursement when it comes to hearing aids as durable medical equipments as they do glasses or other necessary items. Cheeses me off to a degree though. Gorram insurance companies.
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It is bad today, isn't it?
Can't call Solnes when her phone is busy post. ;-P
keep on topic guys! [/joke]
But there are just so many to choose from! :D
Ghost PostIt is bad today, isn't it?
atrocious.
Do you wear hearing aids?Not yet. But my mom is helping me look into getting one.They help immensely. Just shop accordingly. The Miracle Ears and Beltones of the world are gougers when it comes to the price. Truthfully, you shouldn't have to pay for more than $1500 for a single in-the-ear fittings. Digital too & with a telecoil, I may add.
The downside is that medical aid doesn't seem to be as flexible or forgiving for reimbursement when it comes to hearing aids as durable medical equipments as they do glasses or other necessary items. Cheeses me off to a degree though. Gorram insurance companies.
Listed. Thanks for the info.
Going to make some coffee post.
Do you wear hearing aids?Not yet. But my mom is helping me look into getting one.They help immensely. Just shop accordingly. The Miracle Ears and Beltones of the world are gougers when it comes to the price. Truthfully, you shouldn't have to pay for more than $1500 for a single in-the-ear fittings. Digital too & with a telecoil, I may add.
The downside is that medical aid doesn't seem to be as flexible or forgiving for reimbursement when it comes to hearing aids as durable medical equipments as they do glasses or other necessary items. Cheeses me off to a degree though. Gorram insurance companies.
Are they that expensive?!
And on that note, my tenure here at work is done for the day (week). Time to brave the snow and do some errands on the way home. Thank goodness the woman allowed me to drive her SUV today. The roads shall fear me ... as well as the drivers who dare travel on them. :P
Later, FaWTLers!
Can't call Solnes when her phone is busy post. ;-P
Sorry babes, try now. :)
And on that note, my tenure here at work is done for the day (week). Time to brave the snow and do some errands on the way home. Thank goodness the woman allowed me to drive her SUV today. The roads shall fear me ... as well as the drivers who dare travel on them. :P
Later, FaWTLers!
Drive careful, talk soon.
I think I will be eating and waiting for the dragon's call. Yall have a good one and I will be back later. :)
And on that note, my tenure here at work is done for the day (week). Time to brave the snow and do some errands on the way home. Thank goodness the woman allowed me to drive her SUV today. The roads shall fear me ... as well as the drivers who dare travel on them. :P
Later, FaWTLers!
Later Urizen. It's been nice chatting with you.
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Better now.Sorry. What did I do now? :)
You nothing...it has been....a ROUGH day at work. Woo hoo I have overtime today too.
I have but two words for this though : Job security
I do hope that things go better for you and that work is not rough today.
Hmm. Got scolded again for internet use. I may have to lie low for a while.That stinks.
I don't have the nerve too try to post at work.
The filters used by the DOD servers that operate on their parallel internet (all the addresses are https instead of http among other things but the regular internet can be accessed) are kind of picky on what pages they allow to be seen. They will not allow access to pages which the filter labels as "game", they also don't allow access to youtube and I would be willing to bet they do not allow access to "social networking" sites too. However, they are not too hard to get around. The filter does not stop cached files from being viewed. So, to view this site or say that of WotC, I can "click" on the cached link and then choose the "current page" option to go to the up to the minute page. However, I try to limit the amount of time spent bypassing DOD filters because I don't think it would be good for my continuing to have internet access which would require a transfer to a different job...Also, since there are a lot of rules in place to prevent the transfer of information out of the facility (such as not being allowed to use an outside email address...) I doubt they would take kindly to actually posting from their computers.
So, usually I won't post through the week before about 1700 (after I get home) and usually not after 2200 (after I go to bed).
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Sorry Solnes, but my phone died on me.
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Playing Star wars: The Force Unleashed.Just got done with the Star Wars equivalent of the zombie apocolypse. Battleing the junk golems of Raxus Prime. Damn but those things really bring out the Dark Side in me.WHat were you doing?
Ahhh. I just got Batman: Arkham Asylum; Brutal Legend and Star Ocean: The Last Hope.
I haven't had any time to play them. :(
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Let the mocking begin. I just talked with the mechanic. He told me what was wrong with my car. The transmission fluid was almost empty and the oil filter was so loose that it was spraying oil everywhere. Other than that, the car is fine.
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
But seriously, thats a good thing. Congrats on the good fortune!
Let the mocking begin. I just talked with the mechanic. He told me what was wrong with my car. The transmission fluid was almost empty and the oil filter was so loose that it was spraying oil everywhere. Other than that, the car is fine.
Um, yeah. I'd laugh at you, but I'm likely to do the same thing. :)
Let the mocking begin. I just talked with the mechanic. He told me what was wrong with my car. The transmission fluid was almost empty and the oil filter was so loose that it was spraying oil everywhere. Other than that, the car is fine.
~laughs at David~ Ha! Ha!! Ha!!! ~grins~ j/k! I am just glad that the trouble was an easy one to resolve.
Have fun kids. I am off to go to another office.
Glad to hear it wasn't anything important David.
Dragon, its all good. I assumed as much. :)
Want to grow pizza plant post. :)
Trying to figure out dinner post. :)
Are they that expensive?!Do you wear hearing aids?Not yet. But my mom is helping me look into getting one.They help immensely. Just shop accordingly. The Miracle Ears and Beltones of the world are gougers when it comes to the price. Truthfully, you shouldn't have to pay for more than $1500 for a single in-the-ear fittings. Digital too & with a telecoil, I may add.
The downside is that medical aid doesn't seem to be as flexible or forgiving for reimbursement when it comes to hearing aids as durable medical equipments as they do glasses or other necessary items. Cheeses me off to a degree though. Gorram insurance companies.
Well, that all depends on what you're getting. You can get the cheaper -- decent ones even -- but in a sense you get what you pay for. It also depends on whether you're a kid, an adult, etc. as to what type of hearing aid you should be purchasing. If it's for a child, I definitely wouldn't spend the money on an in-the-ear version as they are still growing. Over-the-ear styles would be more suited for children as the flexi-plastic mould for the inner ear is much cheaper to replace as the child grows in age.