As you all know I have a hearing loss. And those who don't know what a hearing loss is when a ear doesn't have a nerve in there ear that works and one of my nerves don't work so I can't hear as well. But lucky me! I can read lips. But I can't read lips when some one is trying to say some thing to me by just mouthing it really big. They have to just move there lips like normal or other wise I'll think your trying to be stupid. Some people get hearing loss when there old like around 70 and up. Well for me...I was born with a hearing loss.
My mom and dad have told me that when I was just a baby and I was strong anough to sit or cral, I would play with my toys and not hear a thing of what is going on. But when they will say "Carissa! looky here!" I will not turn my head towards them like I heard them. And if the T.V. was on too loud and I was asleep I will not wake up and hear the T.V.
When I was finaly around 4 years old and I still couldn't hear. My perents was getting worried that I could be deaf. So they took me to the ear docter for a check up. And the ear docter told my perents that I had a hearing loss. They were dissapointed becuase I couldn't really hear any thing but the ear docter told them that when I get older my hearing will get better but I'll still not hear like ya'll can. But thank God they made hearing aids. There little thing-a-mu-jigs that you put in your ears that'll help you hear. But to tell you the truth I like having my hearing aids off. I kind of like having a hearing loss and don't get me wrong. Its just whenever its loud in a sertan place I can always take off my hearing aids and all I hear is a buzzing sound. My hearing is alot better than it really was when I was younger. So yeah I can read lips. Like the people who are blind can hear really good. And the people who are deaf are sensetive when they touch things.
P.S. Don't tell any one of my secret power! (reading lips is a power!)
-Carissa Jacobs
You know, I remember a long time ago, you were like 7 or 8 or something like that..you were young, and I was across a small waiting room, (we were waiting for one of the nieces or nephews to be born), and I wondered if you could read lips at all. So, I looked at you, from across the room, and when you looked at me, I said "ice cream" real quiet. You couldn't have heard me because it was noisy in there and I barely wispered, but you ran right over and got all excited to go get some. I had my answer ;)
ReplyDeleteWOW! I didn't think that I would even read lips at that age! =O wow!
ReplyDeleteI don't think you did it conscientiously, I think it was just something that you picked up to compensate for the hearing loss. It happened naturally.
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