Masona's mobile phone

[masona]

Sorry Off Topic!
Just want to say Masona has a simply splendid phase at foot of his posts, he may have created it himself of pinched it.....who cares, nice one!

It was a quote from Harry Secombe

 

[AdamW]

Just an idea: Masona, what about a video mobile? Would that be enough to lipread?

Obviously you would need to switch off the hearing aid first to avoid the annoying noise!

 

[Moz]

MASONA
I WOULD LIKE TO APOLIGISE ,for the crassnes about deafness ........

my fathers family were deaf ....my dad the only hear able very numb in an eye ..,too 7 children deaf ....
conscription was his release, he was sent too Colchester , as wages clerk there they found he was half deaf ,after mauling in his eye he could hear , 100% .. at birth 10 %
my father had a lot of Prejudice..

he went to a cash an carry /retail outlet .... an as before wll known why him ...
me dad just gave a wonderful speech ... (my uncle area manager has on tape ... )

Since then my dads warehouse was the best beforming , as norm /north of the border


ALL this goodness , SORRY MASONA

All this righteuos (sp?)

carry on ..

be ok to talk to friendly ladise next door

 

[securespark]

"Should I go for the bigger package?"

Always, Adam, always!

My digi hearing aid responds to mobiles, too, with a clicking noise. I mostly have to use the ear without the aid (which is more deaf than the one with!!) but in fairness, the digi seem much better at coping with mobiles than the analogue ones.

 

[masona]

Just an idea: Masona, what about a video mobile? Would that be enough to lipread?

Obviously you would need to switch off the hearing aid first to avoid the annoying noise!

If 99% of people speak properly and not mumbling then yes it can be done but I'm afraid it's mostly hard guesswork.
I went to the broading school for the deaf and only lasted 3 months there because I felt my voice speaking was getting worse when listening to other deaf people in classes, example, if you went to Amercia after 3 months, you will temporary end up speaking american language, another example my next door neighbour is scottish and very hard to understand but after a while it get easier as the brain picking up & learning the new accent. I went against my parents & the experts advice and went to an ordinary school with normal hearing pupils and it was very hard at first but I wanted to proved everybody wrong, after 3-4yrs hard work I'm now speaking like a normal person and was told by others they do not beleive I'm deaf! I have learnt the hard way and many secret tips how to cope with it. I'm have a very responsible job with walkie-talkie & telephone and I never let on my deafness to anyone and 90% of people do not know about it, not the correct way but it's was my choice of coping. I cannot hear any s,t,k,c, and so on and if anyone asked me to repeat what I said, do I pronounce it the same way as I said it or did I not say it right or wasn't the person listening? It's not easy!

Some of my little secret tips

I couldn't pronounce 'Z' but you can if you say 'saidnn'

'Certificate' instead of 'Cer' put in 'Sir' as in 'Sir-tificate' and another one Church or Shurch.

If you cannot hear the caller on the phone, speak very very quitely or whisper and believe me they will shout at you

RNID don't understand how I'm coping and want me to do a documentary television programme about my deafness but I've turned the offer down as I felt it would punish the deaf people who couldn't cope. Last month I was told I cannot have a cochlear implant because of my speech perception thresolds was too good for me to be considered. I was hoping to have the implant so I didn't have to wear a tight close-fitting ear moulds because I'm suffering form Bilateral Ottis Externa problem.(ear infection!)

Anyway that's enough about me for now