Why I Wear Hearing Aids // International Week of the Deaf [CC]
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The second video in my series celebrating International Week of the Deaf! People often ask me about wearing hearing aids and if I have any tips so I hope I answer some of your questions. Let me know if you have any more!
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YOURE SO PRETTY looks like a 1950’s poster
maddie KAY oml yes
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I jist want to take the time out to say thank you ! Thank you so much for making this amazing video you don't know how much it means to a 25 year old girl who is stuck wearing hearing aids for the rest of her life because of one dumb decision but to see such a beautiful woman like you embracing them really changed my perspective thank you
Everything she says is spot on..who else does the switcharoo when laying on your side in bed watching t.v.?!?!
you are literally the best. I am half deaf, which means that I cant hear perfectly but everything is kind of muffled . I can hear sounds but I cant completely understand a conversation without lip reading.
I’m sorry and take no offense to this but.. I’m scared of going deaf, not being able to hear or understand things is unimaginable that’s why I idolize you! You handle it so well and I’m not even deaf but I cry every time I think about being able to hear well enough to understand people... 💕
I have tinnitus so whilst I can hear struggle to differentiate words that are being spoken to me so if I'm not wearing my hearing aids I hear roughly every 4th word that is spoken. Also, it is so to see that you have the same type of hearing aids as me; I've never seen anyone else wearing them before!
Thank you so much for this video (those 3 videos actually). It helps so much
Hi Jessica,
I randomly discovered you earlier this evening and you just touched my heart : you are so classy, gorgeous and funny, I underdtood everthing you said (I am french and I am more useful To hear US accents) and the speech of your wife just made her the perfect partner of life ever (even if it was a bit more difficult for me To understand her ahah)
Thank you for your videos that make hearing people know all the things we didn't actually have no clues about deafness ❤
That makes sense, my nan's hearing aid would always squeal and she told us all we were being daft. Very informative :D
Just found your channel! Love your content! You and your wife are so beautiful and sweet! I'm an interpreter for the deaf btw! I use ASL but also know SEE sign or as the British call it SSE😊 I love learning about all different parts of the deaf culture and diff experiences different deaf people have. Thanks for sharing yours! Very informative! New subscriber!❤ keep up the awesome videos! Love your style btw super cute!
I use 2 have NHS hearing aids.
They did no good for me.
I now have private hearing aids.
Best hearing aids ever.👍🏻
People need to check out shows like Switched At Birth
She's so pretty
I've never thought to use a sewing needle to clean mine out....at work I use a paper clip :) Just pull the long end away, and bam! Instant hearing aid cleaner, knocks out all the wax that gets caught in it (I have rather waxy ears). I love your videos!! While I am hearing impaired instead of deaf, your videos have provided me with so much useful knowledge (and a laugh or two).
My friend’s hearing aid had the British flag on it!
Only 9 dislikes... well done ❤️❤️❤️
"Also deaf people make very good partners .please date us " omg .you're a legend
HOW IS THIS DEMONITIZED?! What brand could possibly not want to be assosiciated with this? I mean, it is a beautiful, well spoken woman educating people on hearing aids in a fun yet informative manner!
Marlene Lindtner cuz she mentioned her wife and apparently that means TH-cam demonizes everything
Honestly at this rate they just demonitize everyhing, like everything. Every channel has problems with this for no apparent reason..
Marlene Lindtner I feel like I've found a friend that's how she comes through in the video I feel better about wearing hearing aids
Marlene Lindtner q
Honestly, with how crappy TH-cam's system is, I wouldn't be surprised if they demonitized it because they misinterpreted Aids as AIDS.
My husband is deaf and has hearing aids, and this was very helpful in better understanding what he'd been trying to communicate to me all along. Thank you.
+StaticCling99 I’m so pleased to have been helpful! ♥️
My friends baby sis has little charms that hang from her hearing aids, and they're adorable! Her favourite is a little dolphin.
omg that’s the cutest thing ive heard all day
Aurora Sparks Dawwww That is so cute.
I didn't even know that's possible
Thats so adorable omg.
bruh when she’s older she could wear the w i l d e s t earrings without making any dumb piercings hurt
you should voice an audiobook cuz your voice is perfect
Editor: what do you think?
Jessica: (゜レ゜)
As a hearing person it's easy to forget that being Deaf isn't just 100% loss of hearing. I'd like to believe the general ignorance of hearing people will slowly diminish c:
Catherine Mobley yeah it gets so hard to remember being deaf is a range, not just total hearing loss. it's been easier to remember since my papa's gotten hearing loss. he can hear if you're loud and not high-pitched, he still can watch TV and listen to music but he needs it much louder and slower. he also has hearing aids but he rarely wears them, they scream all the time and they hurt. he's not deaf i don't think, but he's definitely hard of hearing.
Same with blindness!
wittypseudx 👍
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@@zachstuder8081 You have a different definition of deafness than most people, and the medical definition of "partial or complete hearing loss". Jessica has substantial hearing loss, so she is deaf.
Why should you be the arbiter of deafness anyway? And why should your personal definition be the only valid one?
I don’t know why but listening to you is super soothing…is that just me?lol
me too
me too!!!
As an Audiologist can I say how much I love this video. I wish all my patients could see this. You have a fantastic approach to wearing aids.
Using the eye end of a needle is one of the things I suggest for cleaning out the end of the tube and totally don't feel pressured into doing your own retubing if you aren't doing it every day it can be fiddly.
some hearing aid producers include small cleaning sets together which each hearing aid device. Usually these consist of flexible long plastic needle, magnet to help you take out batteries and a small brush to brush out wax residue from your ear molds ;)
Before I got hand on these I was using one layer of paper tissues rolled into a scone and it helped me a lot to put all wax out. Though it is important to do this at least once a week ;) my ears are on a itchy side so usually after three days I can feel that it is high time to do some basic cleaning with the paper tissue.
About re-tubing. Here in Poland it is difficult to find tubes on the market so anyway you have to go to your audiologist and ask them for new tubes. Majority of them will just do this for you, some of them will sell some tubes so that you're stocked for the next year :D
@@zachstuder8081 Have you even watched her other videos? She wasn't deaf her whole life. She learned to speak when she was able to hear.
Z.....you uneducated idiot! She became deaf as a teenager. She speaks like that because she was hearing when she was growing up. If you watched her videos you would know that! Instead you want to make yourself look like an absolute judgemental tosspot. Before you go spewing a load of bollocks why don’t you actually educate yourself first by watching these videos. Idiot!
Also iirc the needles used in sewing machines for knit fabrics are rounded on the end instead of sharp (I may be horribly wrong on this)
@@FennecTheRabbit No, you are correct! They are also called 'ball-point needles' :) An embroidery or tapestry needle (which I do believe she mentioned in the video) is a hand sewing needle that also tends towards a rounded/blunt 'point' & are usually longer than a machine needle (so perhaps easier to hold for some people).
“Hearing and listening are not the same thing” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 (it maybe wasn’t exactly that wording which speaks more to my memory than my listening skills haha)
Awesome video. My one-year-old son has mild-moderate hearing loss (birth complications) and it's been a bit of an uphill struggle getting him to wear them. You've helped me understand what he might be experiencing when he huffs and yanks them out. It's also heartening for me as a clueless new father to see that you've clearly overcome the challenges of hearing loss. Thanks. I'll be watching the other videos!
I have a moderate/severe loss in both ears and I'm an early childhood special educator. I have a masters degree. I have been teaching children up to age three (and helping their parents help them) for 35 years. Hearing loss, even when significant, can be overcome and does not need to get in the way of your child being able to do anything they want. Bless you for seeking to understand your child's point of view better. That and instilling the belief that your child can do anything they want are the best ways to support them.
Lesbian, married, AND independent deaf? You are an amazing role model. Omg. ❤💛💚💙💜❤💛💚💙💜❤💛💚💙💜❤💛💚💙💜
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Jessica Kellgren-Fozard what the crap? Why???
I was just about to ask if you had another way for faithful viewers to support you! TH-cam is making it difficult for a lot of content creators, but I would have never thought they'd hit you so hard. I'll definitely be donating!
Aweeee why would they demonitize them ?! This video doesn't offend anyone
But why?! Can we riot? Bought you some coffees in the meantime. :)
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard Have you asked for TH-cam to do a manual review of this video?
Not to be creepy but I find your voice very relaxing/calming
She sounds and looks like she is from a different time. I love it!
This video was great! It answers so many questions people have. It would be wonderful if you and Claudia did a video from a her point of view. Traveling with a deaf person for example. When we got married my husband could hear in the average range. Now he hears in the profoundly deaf range; this has changed the way we travel. It would be good to hear from Claudia's perspective. Maybe give tips on how other spouses can help. I know quite a few people who's spouse went deaf over a period of years, then they got hearing aids and that brought on other problems as well.
Your voice and mannerisms are so appealing and I'm finding myself super relaxed listening to you.
My dad was the same way & a few years ago he finally got some. My dads are NHS too but have a much more simple ear side than yours (just tubes & they scream if you get too close)
I'm getting my first hearing aids after my operation this winter, and I'm so exited! My hearing has been going down drastically over the last half a year. It's hard for me to concentrate in school, and I can't watch tv shows or movies with other people anymore (because I have to turn it up so loud for me to be able to understand anything.) Casual conversation is also hard, and I sometimes rely on lipreading, even though I am terrible at it and get things wrong all the time.
Bests of luck on your operation, I hope you find hearing aids very useful x
i always tell my mom and my friends to put closed captions on whenever i'm watching tv with them
Hey! If you don't mind me asking how did your operation go and did you find hearing aids to suit you?
Thank you Jessica 🌼 I can understand how hearing loss can just sneak up on you. My son had grommets inserted in both ears when he was four ... after I realised other people couldn't understand him and the that he couldnt hear well. I had developed a sort of mum-son sign language without even realising I was doing it. He hears so well since his operation but I realise it may reoccur. My son and my nanna who sometimes wears a hearing aid have been my only exposure to hearing loss. You are honestly educating me in matters I knew nothing about! I really appreciate your insights, they are so valuable to me 💗🌼🌸🌹
"they want you to learn how to do it yourself, i.... dont" oh boy, that's a real big mood
God I love this I've slowly been losing my hearing since I was a child and I had to get hearing aids about 4 years ago. I wish more people saw this video. When I try to tell somebody that I'm very hard of hearing they tell me you don't look like it. I also appreciate the fact that you pointed out that hearing aids hurt sometimes.
"You don't *LOOK* hard of hearing" ... ... ... What on earth does that even MEAN?! Should those who are hard of hearing chop off their ears? Wear sandwich boards? All dye their hair blue & green? Like...wut? The hearing aids alone didn't clue you in? Or the fact that you, ya know, TOLD THEM? I can't even with people.
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Everything about this woman is fabulous
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Courtney Earnhart, would _*have_
Also, why not? She's beautiful. She could get a spouse a little easier than the rest of us.
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Biggest hearing aid problem for me: how the fresh hell do I wear glasses with my my hearing aids??! They just keep slipping off my head
Alphabetical Order I wear hearing aids and glasses. The glasses are on most of the time except for bed obviously. Check the arms of your glasses, maybe pick slimmer ones, the ophthalmologist should fit them for you. Yeah once in a while the aids will slip out, but no dramas just pop it back in. Good luck!
wear contact lenses (my suggestion)
Old question, but you might want to look into ones which work by bone conduction (if that's appropriate for your kind of hearing loss) as there are some which actually clip onto the arms/legs of the frames of glasses and transmit the sound via your skull. That way you wear both at the same time. I know for myself that if I were to require hearing aids at any point that wearing contacts wouldn't be a solution as they do not yet make my prescription with my degree of astigmatism in contact lenses (just not quite possible yet) so I have to wear glasses. So have answered as if there isn't an alternative to glasses for you either.
If you want more info, just reply to this as my boyfriend knows more about them than I do (studied it briefly as part of his acoustical engineering degree, so he might know a brand name or proper term to look up).
If eye surgery is possible and you can afford it, I can really recommend that. Makes life easier, is cheaper than glasses in the long run and actually has less risks than constant use of contact lenses.
One of my favorite movies is Vitus, and I love that scene at the beginning when the father is pitching the idea of fashion hearing aids that are all kinds of colors. He says, "Instead of hiding the hearing aids, why not show them off??" It seems to me that that should be the standard--I have astigmatism and show off my glasses, so why shouldn't people who are hoh show off their hearing aids?
The "making" sign is the same as "work" sing in LGP (portuguese sing language). Funny thing
The same in NGT! (Dutch sign language)
Whats wrong with TH-cam these days?! Why is this demonetized?!!!
I find this chick very interesting. She's funny, smart, and extremely gorgeous. Her personality is absolutely amazing also.
Don't worry about getting ear and air mixed up, in New Zealand English that's just how we speak lol
Also a little girl I used to coach got hearing aids shortly after joining my group and hers are pink and sparkly :)
You look like a disney princess... kinda like Bell or Aurora
Thanks for sharing these videos on wearing hearing aids.
I am a Audiologist myself and watching your videos truly encourages me to recommend hearing aid usage to people besides elderly. :)
I love your vintage style 😍
You are very pretty and your Voice Sounds beautiful
I have one question, you say you can hear a little bit. So can you listen music?I don't know a lot of deafniss and this is a question I am very interested in. Sorry if my english isn't right I'm from Germany
Aside from the “pain” from having them in for sound, the molds shouldn’t be terribly painful if the mold is a good fit. In my experience as an HA user of 10 years before I got my cochlear implants.
Whenever I watch your videos on being deaf I keep wondering if you usually go through that annoying thing where after you tell people about your hearing disability they start yelling the words out (in a very childish way) as if it would help. I'm not deaf, so I haven't faced that, but I've witnessed it countless times and it's always so upsetting and uncomfortable.
My mom and I watched this video with my little sister the day before she got her first hearing aids. It made her feel a lot better about getting them.
Why are your teeth so WHITE AND SHINY oof
Her wife is a dentist, so that may be why
Awh I didn’t know you had a wife thats so cute.
You're so beautiful! I love your videos and they genuinely educate me. I constantly forget that "deaf" doesn't mean utter loss of hearing.
Your “Why I Don’t Sound Deaf” video popped up on my homepage as recommended and I’ve watched that one and this one and I have to subscribe. You have such an adorable personality and I’m really learning and that’s enjoyable for me as well. Plus, you’re absolutely gorgeous and I love your style. 💕
Thank you so much for making this series, I most certainly leaned a LOT. It never occurred to me that if a person had hearing enough to benefit from hearing aids that they might still be profoundly affected by their lack of hearing. Thank you for taking the time to convey so articulately what your experience is like. You make the effort and are a strong communicator.
This is such a helpful video! I got my first hearing aid today, and hearing your experiences, especially ideas about hairdos, has given me lots of reassurance. Thank you!
I really love all your videos. I don't remember how I stumbled across your channel but I remember I was excited to learn some sign language while I watched. Then I realized BSL is wildly different from ASL, darn! It was so easy to pick up from you! Perhaps one day I'll find an equivalently good TH-camr that uses ASL. :P
One question I thought of while watching the past two parts: how do you experience your own voice when you speak?
Kylia Miskell There is a TH-camr called Rikki Poynter who is deaf, she started to do some videos in ASL recently. You can look her up :)
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The NHS kindly gave me a little piece of narrow wire with mine so I didn't have to find a suitably blunt needle.... helpful!
0:55 I feel the need to tell you that the English subtitles are missing the word “what”.
Just something I noticed.
I’m one of those weird hearing native English speakers that watches movies in English with English subs 🤷♀️
Omg Captain America gf is still alive we need to tell him
She is so vintage I love her
You’re so enjoyable to watch!! I feel like I could listen to/ watch you talk about anything - thank you for these three videos - very informative and a fascinating insight into different ways of experiencing the world! My grandma is deaf in one ear and losing the hearing in the other - I wonder how similar her experience is to yours!
I have a congenital defect in both my ears that means I could lose any amount of hearing (up to profoundly deaf) should I sustain a head injury. I’m already moderately hearing impaired in my left ear, which I sometimes wear a hearing aid in, with tinnitus in both ears. Your videos have given me so much hope for myself should I ever end up losing more of my hearing. I know I’ll be okay. I know I’ll be able to adapt. Thank you.
Such a pleasant version of the english accent, and a pleasant speaking manner. And lovely as well. That retro 50's thing works for you
I'm so happily amazed that a lot of people can find their place here, that youtube can be so inclusive, and that I have the ability to learn so much thanks to this
Since you used to have full hearing: is the noise of the hearing aids similar to or louder than "normal" hearing? A friend of mine had to sleep with her's in when she had a kid, so she'd hear him (single mom)... And she was like "how do you people do that?! There's so much noise!" And I was wondering how different it is?
My grandma's complained about this with her first set of hearing aids: they made all sound louder with no filter so it's like having auditory processing disorder (what I hear). She has a new set which differentiate sound better so vocal range is enhanced and other sounds more filtered out so I think she's said that's more like it was before. My dad's never had an issue with the first type but he came into hearing aids more recently. I guess it depends on the hearing aid and the reason for its use?
yeah my nan never wears her hearing aid because she says that when she wears it everything is too loud
Thats probably a lot to do with her being so used to not hearing though, it's probably not actually louder, just its louder than her normal
it might be also bad fitting, usually you spend some time with audiologist and they might suggest you turning sounds a bit down and after a week when you come for re-visit they will amplify it a bit and adjust it according to your needs. Also majority of modern mid range hearing aids have various features helping with turning noise down. For instance in my old hearing aids I could not stand the noise when the ambulance was passing by. I mentioned it to my audiologist and she adjusted software inside my hearing aids and now. It is not a big deal. There is noise when the ambulance is passing by, but it does not give me pain ;)
it is sooooo different. it sounds electronic, like hearing something through a speaker. and my goodness sleeping with them in? i've only done it twice because i was so tired and ended up taking them out because i could hear my hair and the pillow lol. also it def hurt my ear because it was pushing in my ear so much
It was really reassuring to finally hear someone just admit they ARE painful. Mine nip at the back of the year (especially when I first wore them) and it still feels odd a year and a half on to have something in your ear. Really enjoyed this 😊
Amy x
You're so amazing Jessica, despite all the challenges life has and continues to throw you're way you handle it with grace and determination. It's very clear how hard to work on your speech and listening and your cosmetics, you're very inspiring.
This was soooo motivating!! Thank you for sharing this Jessica!! We hope this inspires others and encourages them to share their experiences too!!
My life is... literally better knowing this very wonderful lady exists...
I am also wearing hearing aids, together with glasses actually 😄 I've been using them since the pandemic, when It became clear I could not understand pretty much anything without lipreading 😷😑🤣 the combination of the three things was quite stressful. Mask, glasses, hearing aids ... now I look like Dumbo I guess! 🐘 Anyways, I really want to thank you dear Jessica. You make me feel so much better in my half-deafness. In my opinion it's really important not to hide these tools also because they help you to immediately guess people's attitude towards disability: super sensitive, not sensitive, quite inclusive, not enough patient and so on. A big kiss!❤
PS I am Italian, and your videos help me improving my English a looooot!
Working in the hearing aid industry loved your explanations. I small piece of fishing line might be easier than using a needle and less chance of putting a hole in the mold. At Least that is what I use when cleaning patients hearing aids.
Glad, it's not just me that finds them uncomfortable and exhausting.
I will have to show my family, it's not just me.
Yup. Just like my family. My mothers the worst. Having to literally shout all the time. Gah! Tv up really high. 😔 the worst thing is I’m the opposite my ears are that sensitive it’s unreal. Even with ear plugs in I can still hear it drives me insane. I’m possibly the worst competitor for blind mans buff lol. How I’m jealous of you not hearing high pitches. Lol I don’t know which would be worse. Sorry don’t mean that rudely. Love your videos. Maybe I’ll one day learn to do sign language.
I've watched your channel for a while now (and love you more with each video❤️) I was wondering as someone who interested in learning sign language what's the best way to go about it? I just feel it's fair to learn sign language, I mean so many deaf/HOH people get anxious or embarrassed in public and if I can somewhat help with that then it'd love to 🤷🏻♀️
I hope you don't mind that someone else is weighing in on this - I've been learning British Sign Language for about 3 years now, and I've just written quite a long comment in response :P I, personally, think that the best way is actually to take classes at your local Deaf Centre (but sometimes local colleges or organisations run them too). Most languages have a written form which makes them much easier to self-study, but signed languages don't, so I think it's really something best learned from a teacher if you can - that way they can correct your handshapes, and (if the teacher is deaf, which a lot of them are) you get used to interacting with deaf people.
If you really can't afford classes, or live too far away from anywhere that runs classes (although there are also tutors that will teach you over Skype) there are also plenty of free apps and websites (e.g. BSL Dictionary) to use to look up signs and start to piece it together (and BSL Zone is good for TV programmes). I wouldn't recommend relying on books too much, because you can't see how it moves from a picture! By the way, you'll probably find several different versions of the same sign, because there are a lot of dialect variations in BSL. A good tip is to either try and work out which ones are local to your area (e.g. Scottish dialect) or stick to London dialect signs, which are becoming more standard and are probably the most widely used.
Also, it's always good to learn the fingerspelling alphabet of your sign language - this is useful for things like signing your name, but is also good for when you're learning and don't know a sign and need to ask 'what is ___ in sign language?' This is usually a pretty easy and useful part.
I really do recommend it as a language, by the way - I think it's something that should be a much more everyday thing to learn, at least the basics! British Sign Language (for example) is one of the native languages of the UK - deaf people don't have a place where they can, for example, just go to the shops and speak in their native language in the way that a lot of other languages can, but the more people that learn it the better it is for everyone to be able to communicate. (: Good luck!
Bucherviews thank you so much!! I'm gonna look within my local area and try to find somewhere!
Wow, thank you for your very awesome and helpful response! x
My ironic story is that I have chronic noise-triggered migraines and this kid at my school is bordering on deaf. We're in a group together and people always think I'm wearing hearing aids as well, when I'm really wearing little tech buds that cancel out noise and are great for any unexpected noises. When I don't feel well I just wear Bose Noise Cancelling headphones because they're way more comfortable
Pretty nail polish....she reminds me of Ms. Peregrine😊
I have hearing aides too! My hearing loss is moderate, and has been about the same since birth. I don't really experience any pain with hearing aides personally, likely because I've been wearing them since the age of 6 months and my ears are just so used to it. Greetings from the other side of the pond!
I have a very similar hearing loss history to you. For many years I only wore one hearing aid at a time because I got overwhelmed by the sound when I wore two. As the years passed, I continued to loose decibels and in my 50s my hearing was such that I really needed both hearing aids in to function at work and in the community. I did adjust and now I have no problem wearing both aids all day. I do pop them out if the office gets too noisy and I need a break. I used to take them out when I got home (getting comfortable) but I don't even do that any more.
It's so important to me to get more information from Deaf adults. My four year-old is Deaf and wears hearing aids, and she doesn't "sound" Deaf according to literally every stranger and acquaintance and relative... and they wonder if it's even worth us sending her to the local specialized school so that she also learns a sign language. We maintain that she should have the option of signing if she wants to, and learning early will help. She loves her purple aids with bright pink ear molds, she chooses the colours when we change the molds, and she loves signing, and we're taking classes to keep up. Most of her classmates have hearing aids and implants, and we attend a lot of community events.
I'm always on the lookout for young adults who wear hearing aids and are also just cool and good at what they do, the same way I keep a mental list of dyslexic celebrities and leaders to point to when my older daughter gets down on herself for it. It's great, too, to hear first-person accounts from adults who share their life experiences so that I can understand a bit more of what they're going to go through, you know? Thank you so much for sharing.
(I've found a very very small size of crochet hook- 0.5mm or so- works wonders for cleaning the molds, instead of a needle. Small, metal, but also not sharp and with an excellent hook that can scoop around. I work in very small gauge crochet, and it's been our go-to tool for years now!)
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With your minimal hearing with your hearing aids, can you read lips effectively?
I was born with a severe hearing loss condition, as my dad was. I passed school within the firsts to pass. I can't say that the hearing did not help at all, but lip-reading was the tool. However, when I got into a job wasn't that easy anymore so I needed to get hearing aids. I've got the same ones as you and they do a great job and I also subscribe to almost everything you said, it's more quiet and definitely relaxing to take them off but mine are not painfully, I guess that is because I have small tubes and a small earbuds as well. I honestly believe you are a unbelievable person, as long as you can speak so clearly, calmly and fluently. I am sure that you put a lot of work into it. You're amazing!
My grandmother had the old kind with knobs if she and her husband got in a argument she would show him her turning the knobs off and so ya saying I'm no longer listening. Man did that piss off grandpa. Lol
I can see her with Captain America in some Marvels movies 😍 She's so beautiful and elegant 😍
Insanely beautiful and I can listen to you forever. Amazing!
Flippen love this, I️ have worn hearing aids my whole life ❤️
You talk so beautifully, and you were able to describe and explain deafness way better than I ever could. #subscribed
my hearing aids are the exact same model as yours, but mine are aqua colour
Your voice is so vintage (i mean it in a positive way)!!! 😍😍😍
a beautiful being talking calmly about hearing aids and mentioning their wife .... yeah so im gonna spend hours here lmao. loved the vid, thanks!
Omg what your wife said :')
You are so endearing, positive, and inspirational. I watch your videos, and they bring me positivity, hope and joy. I absolutely adore you and your beautiful family, and that your wife loves you, unconditionally. You show the world that becoming disabled does not mean that you lose value. If anything, you learn more and teach more with your experiences. I love you so much. Please never stop making videos! 🙏❤
My hearing aids are a lot like hers I'm not deaf though
Thank you for the information I have had my hearing aids for about a month. I wish my husband would learn more about what l am going through now that I have them.
I also find that sometimes it gets really itchy in my ear under my hearing aid so I'll put Vaseline on it before putting it on! And I also agree with you how the hard ones are less comfortable than the flexible ones! By the way, I also don't sound deaf and I get asked all the same questions as you!!! It's nice to stumble upon another deaf person on social media! Thank you for your videos!
i just had surgery to rebuild my left eardrum. hurts so much but i hope it helps my hearing and stops infections
One of my closest friends are deaf and its good to get educated about stuff like this so i can connect to her more