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From: Karen.Keil@f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Karen Keil)
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Subject: Re: More Thoughts!
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Date: 3 Dec 90 16:58:05 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

        You are right about having a disability to really appreciate 
something (like reading books) that other people take for granted.  I 
realize how fortunate I am to be able to pick up anything I choose to 
read without having to have any special helps or procedures to do so.
        One of my friends (also hearing impaired herself) says that 
whenever people ask her what it's like to be deaf, she asks, "What have 
you lost?  It can be comparable to that."
        My friend is losing her hearing, too, but not as fast as in my 
case, but as one of the other people remarked previously, hearing aids 
are basically amplifiers, bombarding the ears with sounds.  I used to 
be able to hear some environmental sounds WITHOUT my hearing aids 
although they were very muffled--e.g. a low-flying jet flying overhead, 
a lawnmower running, but that's not true anymore.
        I used to listen to music, but it's not the same anymore--it 
sounds like noise with much of the tones missing.
        Undoubtedly, your hearing is sharper because you are using it 
to compensate for your lack of eyesight.  I use my eyes a lot and 
believe it or not, also kinetic senses (to sense vibrations.)
        More later....
Karen

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