I am really not ignoring you!
World,
Welcome!
This blog embarks my journey to write a little, share a little, educate a little, and let some words do the magic and recreate "hope" in the lives of all hearing impaired people. I say this, since even I wanna believe that there is "hope" and I will witness a miracle, and regain all the hearing that I have lost! Sigh, I wish hearing were like money. I could gain back all that you have lost. Pray that I win the lottery ticket. And voila, I would be a multi millionaire, with oodles of cash flowing outta my pocket.
But as you and I know, its not the over-the-brim flow that we want. Its the minimum bare, the basic essential necessity, wherein we can greet people whenever they greet us. We can talk to people, whenever they want to talk to us. We do not ignore their small talks. We do not hesitate going and being friends to people who speak softly. We do not hesitate to join a group of people hushing and scoffing about some matter. And ofcourse, we do not make them feel that we are ignoring them. We, or least I, do live in my small sweet world at times. People believe that's how I am. Holding an invisible "Do not disturb me" board. But believe me, only I know the truth.
The worst thing about being hard of hearing is its invisibility. For girls like me, long hair covering the ears, and with the advent of In the Ear canal hearing aids, it is difficult for people to gauge that you do have a problem, and you are indeed not being oblivious to their presence.
I have lost total hearing in my left ear since the past 6 years. And I have profound mixed hearing loss in my right. I wear a in the ear canal Siemens hearing aid since the past 4 years or so. My left ear is damaged beyond repair. I cannot even use a hearing aid for that ear. Cochlear implants do not work for me since its not a congenital affair.
The worst is I am living a very normal life.
Its very rare that I realize that I am actually deaf. If I would have been born two decades earlier than today, well, I might not have used this mini machine, and would have been a proclaimed deaf. Using sign language to communicate, a huge burden on people living with me. And would have been so dependent on everybody. Well, since that is not the case. I live a very normal life. My machine is super powerful. I do pick up the noise of falling rain, flushed toilets, microwaves buzzing from far away. Yet, at times I miss out door bells. Banging on the door when I am showering. The first good mornings. While talking on the phone, I do not ever catch the noise of the surrounding world. Since the workable ear is glued to the phone.
I have suffered my bit.
And I do not wish to digress from this introduction further, since I know that there are people under the sun who are affected much worse than I am.
This disability, or special ability as some may say, has made me realize that I am the brink of the two sub-sets. One of normal people and other of disabled people.
I am gelling well with the former ones, and if I am capable enough or sincerely wish to do something for the latter sub set, I should least try to.
I am planning to teach some deaf and dumb kids in a special school, soon. However, they need full time teachers. And with my professional career as a Science Writer/Editor, I do not know how will I choose.
Time shall tell what all I could do for what all I have sought to.
I would be just happy and glad to do this before its late. Before I lose it all. Or before I bid good bye and realize that I lived with going to do, and died with nothing done.
Enough of an introduction, this one. I will get to the nitty gritty of my case in the next post. And would love to hear from you. Your problems. Let's share the story, we may encourage or inspire or as I mentioned, recreate hope in some lives.
Till I see you again,
Keep hearing :)
Welcome!
This blog embarks my journey to write a little, share a little, educate a little, and let some words do the magic and recreate "hope" in the lives of all hearing impaired people. I say this, since even I wanna believe that there is "hope" and I will witness a miracle, and regain all the hearing that I have lost! Sigh, I wish hearing were like money. I could gain back all that you have lost. Pray that I win the lottery ticket. And voila, I would be a multi millionaire, with oodles of cash flowing outta my pocket.
But as you and I know, its not the over-the-brim flow that we want. Its the minimum bare, the basic essential necessity, wherein we can greet people whenever they greet us. We can talk to people, whenever they want to talk to us. We do not ignore their small talks. We do not hesitate going and being friends to people who speak softly. We do not hesitate to join a group of people hushing and scoffing about some matter. And ofcourse, we do not make them feel that we are ignoring them. We, or least I, do live in my small sweet world at times. People believe that's how I am. Holding an invisible "Do not disturb me" board. But believe me, only I know the truth.
The worst thing about being hard of hearing is its invisibility. For girls like me, long hair covering the ears, and with the advent of In the Ear canal hearing aids, it is difficult for people to gauge that you do have a problem, and you are indeed not being oblivious to their presence.
I have lost total hearing in my left ear since the past 6 years. And I have profound mixed hearing loss in my right. I wear a in the ear canal Siemens hearing aid since the past 4 years or so. My left ear is damaged beyond repair. I cannot even use a hearing aid for that ear. Cochlear implants do not work for me since its not a congenital affair.
The worst is I am living a very normal life.
Its very rare that I realize that I am actually deaf. If I would have been born two decades earlier than today, well, I might not have used this mini machine, and would have been a proclaimed deaf. Using sign language to communicate, a huge burden on people living with me. And would have been so dependent on everybody. Well, since that is not the case. I live a very normal life. My machine is super powerful. I do pick up the noise of falling rain, flushed toilets, microwaves buzzing from far away. Yet, at times I miss out door bells. Banging on the door when I am showering. The first good mornings. While talking on the phone, I do not ever catch the noise of the surrounding world. Since the workable ear is glued to the phone.
I have suffered my bit.
And I do not wish to digress from this introduction further, since I know that there are people under the sun who are affected much worse than I am.
This disability, or special ability as some may say, has made me realize that I am the brink of the two sub-sets. One of normal people and other of disabled people.
I am gelling well with the former ones, and if I am capable enough or sincerely wish to do something for the latter sub set, I should least try to.
I am planning to teach some deaf and dumb kids in a special school, soon. However, they need full time teachers. And with my professional career as a Science Writer/Editor, I do not know how will I choose.
Time shall tell what all I could do for what all I have sought to.
I would be just happy and glad to do this before its late. Before I lose it all. Or before I bid good bye and realize that I lived with going to do, and died with nothing done.
Enough of an introduction, this one. I will get to the nitty gritty of my case in the next post. And would love to hear from you. Your problems. Let's share the story, we may encourage or inspire or as I mentioned, recreate hope in some lives.
Till I see you again,
Keep hearing :)
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