My Experience of Deafness Reviews

Yes, thats right, you did read it correctly! I hope,with this Op, to help those of you with good hearing to understand a bit about what its like to live with less than perfect hearing and how you can help us. I have been partially deaf for most of my life and my hearing has gradually deteriorated. No need for me to go into the ...  Read the complete review

Imagine living in a world of silence… you can see the mouths move… the cars go by… the cats fighting but the sounds that go with it all elude you. You go to the cinema and again you see the action but how do you follow the plot without being able to hear the words? Even in your own home, you see the expressions on faces but do ...  Read the complete review

Didnt you hear me call someone says to you and you think it was because of all the other noises going on around you and you can go on for quite a while like this, making excuses, before you finally realise that you cannot hear so good as you could. You dont need to be old either and it really creeps up on you. A lot of times this happens ...  Read the complete review

When my eldest son was a baby he failed his hearing tests but we were assured this was normal as babies are easily distracted. If he hadn't been our first child we would have noticed something was wrong sooner but I think you tend to trust the doctors more and be less confident with your first. It was only when he saw a ...  Read the complete review

Eight years ago, whilst 5 months pregnant with our second child, I noticed I couldn't hear as good as usual. I thought I probably needed my ears syringing or I had an infection. No such luck for me, I was sent for lots of hearing tests and was then told that I had lost half of my hearing. What do you do when you are told something ...  Read the complete review

After many months surfing Dooyoo, it seems to have become a bit of a trend recently to write ‘Member Advice On…’ ops about members own personal problems. Not one to shy away from such a challenge, I thought it was about time I got a new category added and told you a bit about how I deal with my problem. No yhwman, it isn’t ...  Read the complete review

For a long time now i have suffered with deafness in both or one of my ears on and off and it is really horrible and disorientating. About two years ago my hearing started to go and i got really worried that for some reason i was going deaf then my partner ordered me to the doctors where i was told to go and see a specialist. I ...  Read the complete review

Sometimes I'm so deaf I have a job to hear myself blow-off! Sorry but I have to start with a joke or it will get too upsetting. I was about five or six years old when I first went for a hearing test that I can remember. It was at this test that I found out that I couldn't hear high pitched noises. For example I don't hear ...  Read the complete review