How to improve Quality-of-Life and retain perspective after hearing loss?
Posted February 28th, 2009 by admin 2 Comments »
SayWhat? asked:
grew up with perfect hearing. No one in my family nor any of my friends were deaf. However, a brain tumor caused me lose ALL of my hearing in both ears 5 years ago;I am 30 and healthy now. I met my husband a little after losing my hearing.
grew up with perfect hearing. No one in my family nor any of my friends were deaf. However, a brain tumor caused me lose ALL of my hearing in both ears 5 years ago;I am 30 and healthy now. I met my husband a little after losing my hearing.
Despite wonderful relationships with family, friends and husband-we are all taking ASL classes together-Even fun things lack luster these days.
For instance, I’ve just started my own catering company (no easy task for the newly deafened). I am tremendously proud of myself when difficult events come off successfully….but don’t enjoy it as much as I should. When you can’t hear what’s going on around you, it doesn’t feel “real.” EVERYTHING seems anti-climatic to me.
Also, my husband has pointed out that I frequently arrive at the wrong conclusion by reading his non-verbals. This makes me worry I have lost all perspective & freaks me out!