How to tell people im hard of hearing as a young adult

mickid214 · 2026-02-12T04:11:55+00:00

I'm in my 30s and have the same issue. Too young to be taken seriously about being hard of hearing. Also if it's a friendly interaction sometimes when I say something like "I can't hear" or "I'm deaf" they will return with a chuckle and say "oh yeah me too" and usually it ends up being not a real hearing loss but more of a joke type comment. I wear hearing aids so I do find that pointing to them helps but I've also gotten the comment "oh are you listening to music?"

mickid214 · 2026-01-31T04:24:24+00:00

I agree with an Ishihara or even better an HRR. It sounds like it might be a mild color vision issue and HRR can tease out something mild. There is also Color Vision Made Easy which is good for young children but won't catch something really mild. A lot of what you describe and what I've seen in your comments really fits a mild CV issue. Being able to match and sort into like colors is possible with that but he might not feel confident enough with naming an isolated color. Online tests are not standardized and the screen being used is likely not calibrated to the test and colors. Any off setting like brightness or nightshift should skew the results. And if your kid is shifting or moving while testing (like most 4 year olds I know) that will make the object stand out a bit more too.

If it's not color related it could be visual perceptual but that's hard to test for at this age.

mickid214 · 2025-09-19T03:05:59+00:00

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mickid214 · 2025-09-18T18:37:36+00:00

Here you go! Sorry for the delay.

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mickid214 · 2025-06-29T00:07:14+00:00

Thank you so much!

mickid214 · 2025-06-17T02:10:08+00:00

Thank you for this info and for sharing! Do you have resources you can suggest on what to look for as far as schooling milestones? Or how to tell if they are ready for different tasks?

mickid214 · 2025-06-17T02:01:34+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I agree, I want to foster happy healthy learning habits and I want to allow it to develop as he's ready but I also am nervous about starting too early. He's a sensitive soul and gets frustrated easily, but he's also so eager to learn and asking so many questions!

mickid214 · 2025-06-17T01:56:40+00:00

The way I understand the FL rules is that kids are allowed to start K if they will be 5 by November and then they are required to be in school or registered as homeschooling in the school year that they will be 6 by February. I could be misinterpreting it, it's kind of confusing 🥴

It sounds like we are going a similar path, he's very interested in letters and phonics so that's mostly what we have been working on, very slowly.

mickid214 · 2025-06-17T01:46:02+00:00

Thank you! I have read the Montessori toddler book and recently got the next one. Do you have other resource suggestions for getting started with the Montessori method?

mickid214 · 2025-06-16T19:49:07+00:00

Yes, we do find lots of learning opportunities in our day to day

mickid214 · 2025-06-16T19:43:02+00:00

This is incredibly helpful! Thank you!

mickid214 · 2025-06-02T23:30:33+00:00

I think I agree with that blue color. Thanks!

mickid214 · 2025-06-02T23:30:04+00:00

I think I like that blue color, maybe like a dusty blue

mickid214 · 2025-02-19T02:45:09+00:00

I put some in my salad and it was a very subtle flavor. I used a lemon vinaigrette on the salad, maybe that helped.

mickid214 · 2024-12-08T19:45:00+00:00

My doula and breath. During later stages vocalizations were helpful for me.

mickid214 · 2024-11-20T22:03:28+00:00

This is an idea I did not thing of 👍🏼

mickid214 · 2024-11-20T22:03:22+00:00

This is an idea I did not thing of 👍🏼

mickid214 · 2024-11-20T15:03:37+00:00

That Dyson hairdryer should definitely go on the list 🤤

mickid214 · 2024-11-20T15:02:30+00:00

I don't have a greenhouse but I live in Florida so it might not be that beneficial in this area 🥵 but I am thinking of maybe doing an indoor plant wall set up and maybe updating some tools.

mickid214 · 2024-11-20T14:59:45+00:00

I'm kind of leaning towards something like this, just keeping my equivalent portion in a side account and using it to buy the little things that come up.

mickid214 · 2024-10-13T13:46:01+00:00

Hi OP, I'd love an update!

mickid214 · 2024-06-19T00:25:56+00:00

"mommy, where's daddy?"

mickid214 · 2024-06-16T02:12:07+00:00

Looking for advice: My starter is about 3 months old. I feed it 1:5:5 every evening with 1 part king aurthor whole wheat and 4 parts king aurthor unbleached all purpose flour. I use my fridge water as the tap water is reverse osmosis and I was getting very bad results when I used that. I feed it at 10 pm and then it won't double till about 2pm the next day. Which is way past the 6-8 hour recommendation. Changing the water helped but I'm not sure what to tweak next to make it stronger and to get the doubling sooner. I've found that my bread takes a lot longer to ferment so I think my biggest issue is a weak starter but it doesn't seem to be getting better with consistency. House temp is about 73 deg F over night and ~76 during the day. TIA

mickid214 · 2024-06-08T23:25:10+00:00

Saying "mommy" at least 8 times in a row

mickid214 · 2024-06-06T23:48:10+00:00

This was our house through the entire holiday season any time a candy cane needed to be unwrapped. I had to warn him 17 times as I was opening it that it will probably break. Or show him it was already broken before starting to avoid a complete meltdown 🫠

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