Where is everyone?

So it may take a while for people to start posting here.

I didn't know there was a group like us.

I'm partially deaf (the high pitch variety) and I also work as a closed captioner.

you can still read all of the posts in the old group. If you haven't already.

Friends seem to not be able to comprehend what it is, and hearing aids don't completely help. Lip reading helps.

By the time I could hear the high pitches OK, the bass was so loud I couldn't stand to listen!

high frequency hearing loss.

Locally, there are classes in lip reading, given by a very generous and talented person. Each week, she makes up new and interesting word games where she "speaks" silently but with the perfect lip movements. Her classes are packed with people, mostly oldsters, who can absolutely understand what she is saying.

To learn lip reading, you need someone to read you a list of words all starting with a particular consonant letter, for example "M" words, and learn and remember their lip movements. For the vowel sounds .... those are not high frequency and you can probably hear those.

I barely get by with a hearing aid, and so far, have not taken the time to learn lip reading. But lip reading is definitely effective for high frequency loss.

My hearing loss is not quite as profound. I'm just at the point where my high frequency loss interferes with understanding consonants. My hearing aids help me immensely.

I was watching a choir on television, though, and found watching their lips helped (especially when I knew the words!).

A big problem for me is people who talk fast. To me, it sounds like a bunch of nonsense syllables.

After a hearing test the tester told me I must be lipreading. I would like to learn to do that officially, and will look for such classes.

It's an odd thing. I can hear. Sometimes I can hear noises that my husband can't hear. High tones are harder. It's difficult to make out what my little grandson is saying sometimes. I often can't understand what is being said by others, either. DVDs and TV are a disaster, but I do have a TV earphone thing that helps a lot. I wear the behind the ear aids, and am able to get by quite well except in a crowd. I've been told that the newest ones are much improved, but they are, at the least, $1100 apiece, so I can't be buying new ones every couple of years. Our insurance only covers a pittance.

I'm happy to find this forum. Gathering info from others is always helpful.

Just finding my way around.

TYY

In some ethereal form.