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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: New on the Net
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Date: 27 Jun 90 20:30:34 GMT
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 > To: albrigh@oktext.sbc.com (Gary Albright)
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Hi there, from one Okie to another Okie!  It's such a pleasure to 
see someone from Oklahoma around here, Gary.
 
I used to work for SW Bell, in fact, was a service order writer with
residence before transferring to business and shortly after that, 
my office went with AT&T during the divestiture of the phone companies.
Lots of changes have occurred since the AT&T office closed here in 
Lawton and I no longer work for them.
 
I'm so glad you decided to join us here and hope you will join us 
in SilentTalk as well as I think you'll find a bunch of us fun, crazy, 
wild, informative and friends.
 
I have a very good friend in Lawton who is a retired Air Force NCO 
as well as a retired air controller who suffered with the same problems 
you have.  He did have surgery and lost his hearing as a result of 
the surgery.  He did have some problems coping with his hearing loss 
but after meeting me as well as seeing that things were not so bad 
in this BIG world after all, he has come out of his shell.  I like 
to think I was partly beneficial in helping him with at this.
 
To tell you a bit about myself, I have a congenital profound nerve 
deafness.  I do not use sign as I've always been able to communicate 
orally and am very adept at speech reading.  I realize it is more 
of an adjustment for one who is deafened in later life but it is 
not impossible to survive and handle your disability.
 
I'm not familiar with the two physcians you've mentioned as the only 
one I've been in contact with (just briefly) is Dr. Kiehm.  Most 
of the time doctors do not believe I seem to be as profound deaf 
as I am and will often try to tell you this and that - I just ignore 
a lot of their advice as I know what is best for me.
 
Boy, I seem to be getting a bit long-winded here, but I'd like to 
welcome you aboard and personally invite you to join us on ST.  I 
think you'd enjoy yourself.
 
Hang in there, Gary and don't let this get you down!
 

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