<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>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.<br>
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<div style="clear:both">Jaye Marie</div>
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<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">Hello, I have my hearing test on the 12<sup>th</sup>. </div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">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!</div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">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? </div>
<div class="aolmail_MsoNormal">Thanks cheers Heather </div>
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