<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-weight: bold;">Hi Sean and welcome to the list! I'm totally blind and am profoundly deaf in both ears. I'm starting to look into getting a CI, as hearing aids are also starting to not work well enough for me.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Cheers from New York!</span></p><p class="p3" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">Scott</span></p><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Feb 25, 2023, at 19:37, Chris Westbrook via NFB-DB <nfb-db@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello Sean. My name is Chris Westbrook, I am from Pennsylvania. I am totally blind and use a cochlear implant and hearing aid. I am also president of the national federation of the blind of pennsylvania's deafblind division. Good to meet you. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 5:32 PM Stuart Salvador via NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Hi Sean, Stuart here: I welcome you to the list! I am moving in<br>
Missouri right now to the St. Louis area so I'm not as active as maybe<br>
I otherwise would be. I'm 37 so near to your age, and also DeafBlind<br>
. I am very glad you have joined our online email<br>
correspondence community!<br>
<br>
EOM<br>
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On Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 4:06 PM Kat Bottner via NFB-DB<br>
<<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Welcome to the list Sean,<br>
> My Name is Kathryn, but I'm known as Kat by most of my friends, and a lot of people in the Federation. I live in Delaware, I'm visually impaired, hearing impaired, use hearing aids, live in Delaware, and I'm 38 years old. I identify as Deaf- Blind. I hope you find this list to be helpful for information, or just to ask questions.<br>
> Thanks,<br>
> Kat<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> On Behalf Of Sean Moore via NFB-DB<br>
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2023 11:35 AM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a><br>
> Cc: Sean Moore <<a href="mailto:seanmoore87@gmail.com" target="_blank">seanmoore87@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Subject: [NFB-DB] Introduction<br>
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> Hi there,<br>
> I’m new to the list.<br>
> I’m Sean , age 35, from Atalanta<br>
> Georgia,.<br>
> I have a guide dog from Southeastern guide dogs.<br>
> I’m pretty much totally blind, with light, shapes , shadows. And motion with mild hearing lost with the use of hearing aids.<br>
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> Yours,<br>
> Sean<br>
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