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Pulsatile tinnitus and hearing loss
Hi! I am just asking on here if anyone has any info around pulsatile tinnitus and hearing loss! For a while I can hear my heartbeat in my ear, sometimes it gets louder. Every now and then I hear ringing too. I struggle to hear people if there is background noise and it sounds like people are mumbling! Anyways, I had my…
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Hi, my name is Octavia8! I want to learn to lip read , can you help
In the last 6 months I have gone from a fully hearing person but after 2 incidents of Covid I have lost and continue to lose my hearing. I want to learn to lip read , canyons help
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Hi, I'm johnmac! I've had no taste buds since my operations. Anyone know how this can be cured?
Hi, this is my first time on the site I’m fed via a line into the heart for my TPN bag I also have a live fistula which comes out of my stomach I have 130 cm of active bowel. I manage all of the above myself i do not have any nurses or doctors. The reason I have joined this site is to ask a question of anyone else with…
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Hello everyone!
I'm so happy to be here and I hope everyone's doing great! I hope this is the right place to ask. I'm looking for a company/companies, other than Amazon, who would be able to ship talking or tactile appliances all over the world? If anyone has any suggestions, it would be highly appreciated! I live in Africa and I'm in…
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'The Deaf community isn’t exempt from the other forms of oppression' - a chat with Socially Sound
I recently spoke to Sarah and Kirsty from Socially Sound about what it's like to be a young, Deaf person, and how intersectionality plays a role in the experiences of Deaf people. Would you like to tell us a little bit about yourselves? S: I’m Sarah, a Black Deaf Woman. I am bilaterally implanted and I have just recently…
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Do you know a BSL interpreter?
A British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreter is needed for a Q&A screening of LISTEN - a film about a Portuguese family trying to keep their deaf daughter out of social care. The screening is on Sunday 19 June at Genesis Cinema. If you or someone you know might be able to help, please email films@bohemiamedia.co.uk Thanks :)
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Support for Auditory processing Disorder (APD)
All of our family have a clinically Auditory processing Disorder (APD).. The problem has been that we have never been able to find anyone who is capable of providing any support and or understanding regarding our complex disability.
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River Cruises for sight impaired?
Hi. Has anyone been on a river cruise? We are trying to find out if any are suitable for my partner whose distance vision is limited. So we want to find one where the boats sail close to the banks (less than 100 metres) and where there is a lot to see actually on the banks rather than in the far distance.
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Could supermarkets do more to make shopping experiences easier for visually impaired people
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I'm partially sighted, but feel embarrassed and self-concscious about using my symbol cane
I have been registered partially sighted almost three years. I have Stargardts, glaucoma and thickening corneas. In recent months I have noticed myself that my sight is getting worse, I have a lot of blank patches where I just can’t see, it’s so hard to explain. i have had a symbol cane hidden away for almost three years.…
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Hi Gill Sk
Hi Gill SK. I am Partially Sighted to I have no Sight in my R eye from birth retrolental fibroplaysia. I was born Premature I only Weighed 1 1lb 13 oz when I was born and also went down to 1lb in weight. Do you have to have Specif conditions to be enabled to have a White stick I have never been offered one should I have…
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The low-down on Irlen lenses
We spoke to @Jennifer14Owen who has Irlen syndrome, to learn more
about the condition and how wearing Irlen lenses had changed her life. What is Irlen syndrome? Irlen syndrome is a visual perceptual processing disorder that can affect
people of any age. Irlen syndrome impacts around 12-15% of the UK population and this BBC…
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My wife is sight impaired, and we've moved counties. Do we need to contact the new council?
Hi everyone! Just looked at all the Blue Badge chat as we've just moved Counties. I have a question about disability registration, if I may? My wife is registered as 'severely sight impaired' with Norfolk Council, but we are now in Suffolk. Do we need to contact the local council to register with them or do we just leave…
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Changes to vision
I’m not looking for anyone to diagnose me so it’s not medical advice but I’m hoping anyone has some ideas I can put forward to my gp or optician to look into as routes to explore For last couple of years I feel my eyesight has deteriorated rapidly but optician says I’m still testing fine and no changes and don’t need…
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Finally!! My Hearing Is Getting Looked At
Sorry I've been away for a bit. I finally have an assessment on my ears tomorrow! A Doctor phoned and asked to speak with me. And... I asked him to repeat that! And this was the morning. It's going to be one of those weeks. Also I'm being referred to a Restart Work Programme separately which will be hilarious as I'll…
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Some Audiology (Hearing and Listening) research paper collections
Hi all, I have been compiling research paper collections over the last decade or so, to help me understand my own disability, Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), which I only found out about after our son was diagnosed back in the late 1990s. I had never read an research paper until a research from the Medical Research…
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Should I register blind?
I am currently waiting for PIP and severe disability payments to be re-instated and am on ESA, not on UC. I am sight impaired and not permitted to drive. Are there any advantages/disadvantages to registering blind?
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Hi, my name is DavidGoldstein! I have congenital glaucoma and am near-sighted
Hi, I am David, I was born in late 1964 with congenital glaucoma. I am also near-sighted. Quite frankly, that combination sucks. I have had 17 operations on my eyes – including a couple of trabeculectomies, an endothelial transplant, and cataract extraction. Most of the operations were done when I was an infant and…
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Selective mutism
This discussion was created from comments split from: I'm Chris, I specialise in working with children with autism, asperger's and learning disabilities.
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Been living in denial about vision impairment, how to get invesgigations/documentation?
May be a strange situation, I'm honestly unsure about the extent of my vision loss from a technical perspective and how much is documented as I have avoided tests and doctors for quite some time out of fear. As far as I can tell (I was too young to remember, I know from medical records I saw years ago) I have always had…
