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From: Vixen.*@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Vixen *)
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Subject: Re: HI-HOH SPEECH
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Date: 21 Mar 90 19:45:26 GMT
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Hi Loretta,

I am a late hearing impaired person who sometimes loses my
realization of how loud or soft I am speaking. However, I find that
for me, it is all relevent to how much ambient noise is going on.
Also, when I am excited or very happy, I tend to speak REALLY LOUD
at times.

Since a much lesser amount of ambient noise is more difficult for
me to deal with than a non HI person, I often don't realize I don't
have to speak as loudly as I do at times. For the most part, I do
well though.

Also, since I am HI with hearing, my own voice often sounds distant
to me, and I tend to want to speak up even though I may already be
speaking at an adequate volume.

It's a funny thing, of people "that I know", the HI with hearing
have more problems with speaking too loudly than those with
profound loss.

Keepin' the faith!

.                          Vixen

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