My hearing

baggygreen · 12-14-08, 10:15 PM

Mate, i genuinely don't see it as a bad thing. If anyone gives you a hard time about it, stuff em.

Much better to have limited hearing than to be blind or dumb.

Don't let it stop you doing anything.

claybirdd · 12-14-08, 11:06 PM

saw your post and hate to hear the news. But what doesnt kill us only makes us stronger. I see you are from Alabama, as am I. We souther boys know how to take a ****ty situation and make the best of it. It is in our blood. Keep your head up and WAR EAGLE.

(Auburn hired a new coach, Hope he can beat Saban.)

FIREWALL · 12-15-08, 12:38 AM

Toadd to what the others said, you have your health and the most valuable gift, Your Youth.

Onkel Neal · 12-15-08, 02:37 AM

Your hearing aids don't look bad at all. Heck, be glad you have youth, like Firewall said. And you still have your hair!

UnderseaLcpl · 12-15-08, 04:39 AM

Damn sorry to hear about that, man.

Not sure I can say anything of value, but I'll pray for a successful treatment and wish you the best

bradclark1 · 12-15-08, 03:25 PM

I'm supposed to wear hearing aids but don't like wearing them. My family gets pretty irritated with me sometimes. Mine are inner ear models though. Can you use that type?
I think people really won't care about your aids. Look at how many wear those cell phone thingies. I don't think you have anything to worry about.

jumpy · 12-15-08, 08:25 PM

Bad luck with the hearing there fella; it must be hard and not a little frustrating at times.

As to what anyone else says, if they haven't got anything nice to say, then send them packing!

I had a great uncle who used a hearing aid. When he wasn't interested, or was bored with conversation, he'd just switch off the prattle and nod and smile in a polite way and then just wander off. Obviously he was a little eccentric, but it was useful to him to be able to mute the world when he chose. It was a kind of thing he used to do as a family in-joke at social events and the like

He certainly never let his deafness stand in the way of anything he wanted to do.

I say go with the technology - I'd bet money on the fact that artificial enhancement of sight, hearing and prosthetics will attain a level beyond that which the rest of us are naturally capable of, given enough time. A young'un like yourself is likely to see some great developments in the coming years

12-15-08, 12:38 AM	#3
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Toadd to what the others said, you have your health and the most valuable gift, Your Youth. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

12-15-08, 02:37 AM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Your hearing aids don't look bad at all. Heck, be glad you have youth, like Firewall said. And you still have your hair! __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

12-15-08, 04:39 AM	#5
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Damn sorry to hear about that, man. Not sure I can say anything of value, but I'll pray for a successful treatment and wish you the best __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force

12-15-08, 03:25 PM	#6
bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 2,794 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	I'm supposed to wear hearing aids but don't like wearing them. My family gets pretty irritated with me sometimes. Mine are inner ear models though. Can you use that type? I think people really won't care about your aids. Look at how many wear those cell phone thingies. I don't think you have anything to worry about. __________________ Last edited by bradclark1; 12-15-08 at 03:32 PM.

12-15-08, 08:25 PM	#7
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Bad luck with the hearing there fella; it must be hard and not a little frustrating at times. As to what anyone else says, if they haven't got anything nice to say, then send them packing! I had a great uncle who used a hearing aid. When he wasn't interested, or was bored with conversation, he'd just switch off the prattle and nod and smile in a polite way and then just wander off. Obviously he was a little eccentric, but it was useful to him to be able to mute the world when he chose. It was a kind of thing he used to do as a family in-joke at social events and the like He certainly never let his deafness stand in the way of anything he wanted to do. I say go with the technology - I'd bet money on the fact that artificial enhancement of sight, hearing and prosthetics will attain a level beyond that which the rest of us are naturally capable of, given enough time. A young'un like yourself is likely to see some great developments in the coming years __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life Last edited by jumpy; 12-16-08 at 01:50 AM.

12-14-08, 10:15 PM	#1
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Mate, i genuinely don't see it as a bad thing. If anyone gives you a hard time about it, stuff em. Much better to have limited hearing than to be blind or dumb. Don't let it stop you doing anything.

12-14-08, 11:06 PM	#2
claybirdd Frogman Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pulaski Tennessee Posts: 290 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	saw your post and hate to hear the news. But what doesnt kill us only makes us stronger. I see you are from Alabama, as am I. We souther boys know how to take a ****ty situation and make the best of it. It is in our blood. Keep your head up and WAR EAGLE. (Auburn hired a new coach, Hope he can beat Saban.)

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