Susana the Deaf Lady

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Suny Subtitle Glasses

http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/sony-subtitle-glasses/

Interesting Article

http://www.hearinglossweb.com/Issues/Access/Captioning/Movies/movies.htm

Friday, November 23, 2012

Here I am going out to eat with my family at a Chinese restaurant. We look at the menu and decide what to order. It's a Friday night, so the place is crowded and especially noisy. My daughter already knows what I am ordering, it's always the same exact thing every time we eat Chinese food. The waitress is standing behind me asking me what I would like to drink, and of course I didn't hear her at all. So my mom apologizes to her and explains that I have a hearing problem. Then I turn around and ask her to repeat it. Well she is speaking very low, so I have to ask someone else what she said. Finally I ordered a Shirley temple after I finally understood what she was saying. Then it was time to order our food. She asked me what I would like to eat, and I said Pineapple chicken. Then she repeated after me, oh you want seafood rice? At that point I just assumed she said Pineapple chicken because that's what I wanted, and I couldn't hear her in that place, so I just wanted it over with, I was hungry and I said yes. Half hour passes by, I spill my Shirley temple all over the table because someone walked into my chair. So I ordered another one and boy I was embarrassed. I don't like to be messy but sometimes it just happens. Finally our food arrives. I can't wait to eat that chicken. She gives me the seafood rice. I said what is this? Where's my dinner? She says that's what you ordered, and I said not I didn't order that! And she apologizes and takes it back and I have to wait another half hour for my food. :(

Angels - Jessica Simpson [Lyrics]

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Car Radio

Even when people around me are aware I am deaf, I'm trying to describe deeper in depth what I can and can't hear, and it's hard to explain sometimes. For example, if you turn on the radio in the car, and turn it up louder, people would assume I can hear it. Yes, and no, I can tell it is louder, simply because I can feel the vibration coming the sounds of it, but the words are blurry, I will never understand words being said over a car radio, no matter how loud it is. Even if the words are loud and clear, as if a speech was going on, I still would not make out what is being said. With my hearing aids, it enables me to hear a lot of sounds, but I still cannot hear certain letters in words, etc. This is why I rarely turn on my car radio, or even any kind of radio, does not work for me, and the same problem goes with music on it. If it has a nice tone to it, I will listen to it, but I will never understand the words in the song as it comes out like how static comes out in a radio, the words break up. The only way I will be able to understand a song over a radio simply is if I already know the song.