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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, I have been trying for a while but, have had no luck. I wanted to do sign because when I have a ms relapse, I cant really speak during the relapse and I have a hard time to communicate. But DARS will not assist. I only know what my friends taught me. I think they think it is all in my head. I wish they could walk in my shoes for a day. Cheers Heather </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>"Blindness is a characteristic, not a handicap!" Dr. Kenneth Jernigan <br>e-mail:<br>kd5cbl@gmail.com<br>sites:<br>National Federation of The Blind:<br>www.nfb.org<br>An Accessible Online Library:<br>www.bookshare.org</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">Jaye Marie Brown via NFB-DB</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, April 3, 2018 6:35 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:jayeembe@aol.com">Jaye Marie Brown</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [NFB-DB] losing my hearing</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>You have my sympathy. I'm fully Deaf myself, have been since I was 12. I'd suggest taking a sign language class somewhere. your community college, a church, or a Deaf center in town. It isn't hard to find a class these days. It might not seem really important now, but as your hearing lessens, it will.Get it over with now or it will be harder later.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Jaye Marie<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Heather via NFB-DB <nfb-db@nfbnet.org><br>To: NFB-DB <NFB-DB@nfbnet.org><br>Cc: Heather <kd5cbl@gmail.com><br>Sent: Tue, Apr 3, 2018 4:06 pm<br>Subject: [NFB-DB] losing my hearing<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_72fd821f-6b21-4d78-9897-48f7dde461cf"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hello, I have my hearing test on the 12<sup>th</sup>. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I do not know what they will find, my hearing I think is becoming more of a challenge. I have really bad inner ear issues of late and I have some ringing, I think that is what it is, like everything is an echo tunnel! So I find myself not wanting to go out to crowded places because I cant hear when people try to call to me or just try to talk to me! Even my phone is on the loudest level and if I am out, I have problems to understand what a caller is saying that is if I hear my phone! I actually have stopped answering the phone when I am out because of this! I think they will try to tell me I need allergy shots again but, I cant take them anymore because of my ms. Any kind of shot causes me to pass out woe. I even have to lay down if they need to draw blood otherwise I pass out when my lips turn blue woe!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>So is their a specific test I should ask for? I do not want the general hearing test because it always seems to be in a controlled environment. NO one has ever said why my ears ring and I get that echo tingling tunnel affect! It is real annoying because my ears buzz and they iche inside of my ear! Does this happen to anyone else? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks cheers Heather <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>"Blindness is a characteristic, not a handicap!" Dr. Kenneth Jernigan <br>e-mail:<br><a href="mailto:kd5cbl@gmail.com">kd5cbl@gmail.com</a><br>sites:<br>National Federation of The Blind:<br><a href="http://www.nfb.org" target="_blank">www.nfb.org</a><br>An Accessible Online Library:<br><a href="http://www.bookshare.org" target="_blank">www.bookshare.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-DB mailing list<br>NFB-<a href="mailto:DB@nfbnet.org">DB@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-db_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>