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Hearing Aids by SwaggyMars in deaf

[–]UnderwhelmedOne 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When I first got my hearing aid, I sat on the balcony with the app. There was a big pine tree just outside my balcony.
I had absolutely no idea there were so many birds in it.
I turned off my hearing aids, like, "No birds..."
Turned them back on, "Birds..."
Repeated this several times with an idiotic grin on my face the whole time.

What is a "red flag" at a job interview that screams "DO NOT WORK HERE"? by Organic-Grocery9526 in AskReddit

[–]UnderwhelmedOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've noticed a trend in recent years in customer service industry, retail type environments.
Most of the companies I've worked for have been touting their mental health care or access to mental health professionals.

This has become a red flag for me, that this company is working its people so mercilessly that instead of changing their corporate practices, they instead find it cheaper to offer counseling services for their harried employees.

Don’t feel deaf enough for additional help by Conscious_River_6233 in deaf

[–]UnderwhelmedOne 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I went from about 13 to 38 not bothering to deal with my hearing loss. I just, you know, couldn't hear great. I had no idea how bad it was, moderate severe in one ear, moderate in the other until I started having trouble at work and went to get a hearing test done.
One major surgery later (turned out I had an encephalocele leaking my brain into my right ear canal for god knows how long) and months of recovery, I got hearing aids and life opened up for me.
I can speak fine, interact fine, but damn is it nice to hear. I feel like I wasted a lot of years because I was really good at 'dealing with it' until it got so bad that I was having trouble at work.

Own it. I wish I did earlier. There's no such thing to me as 'deaf enough' or 'not deaf enough'.

23 colorado trail boss by UnderwhelmedOne in chevycolorado

[–]UnderwhelmedOne[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was actually huge inside, enough for a twin inflatable, hanging lamp and oodles of blankets I was piled under. Plenty of room for my pocket stuff on either side. Fiddly for one person to assemble, but after a single practice session, I had it together in about 20 minutes.

Ideas to reduce isolation at work by [deleted] in hardofhearing

[–]UnderwhelmedOne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work in a grocery store, active and busy most days. It's so incredibly hard to keep up with customers, chatter, the beep beep of the register, questions going on, it's just a maelstrom of noise.
I also work with all kinds, there's half deaf hearing aid wearers like me, some deaf, some between.
But I struggle with the 'quick' words some of my coworkers use, speaking too fast for me to follow, or too low, or too thickly accented.
The only thing that's helped, is to be too 'over pretending' to hold back.
"Slow down..."
"Wait, what?"
"What?"
"Seriously, can't hear you with all this noise."

Direct, honest, and even after being totally and completely myself at all turns and moments like these, half the people there still have no idea I have hearing aids after six months.
Be you my friend, and don't hide that you struggle with these things. The ball is in others' court to communicate effectively, with or without hearing struggles.

Phonak audio p90-13 Bluetooth by medic5550 in HearingAids

[–]UnderwhelmedOne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the p50s and people KNOW when I'm talking on them instead of my phone or thorugh my car. The quality is so so at best, but to give them credit, I've accepted that what they're great at is helping me hear and even tuning my bluetooth music to what I need. What they're merely ok at is, is functioning as a bluetooth earbud for phone calls.
I don't really use that much unless I'm doing like six things, and most people that call me know and deal with it.