Anti-Hearing Aids - Faking Deaf

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Thanks! I've got to say, in ear white noise generators are pretty much one of

the best gifts I could have possibly gotten. My best friend also has 4S, so she

knew exactly what to get me.

Fortunately, I personally don't have to have the sound too high to drown out the

majority of triggers. For louder triggers like gum snapping, it typically just

moderates it. But just dulling it is such a huge relief compared to being

without the pink noise.

I know what you mean by it causing problems. I wear headphones in class with

pink noise, and it makes it awkward whenever a classmate tries to talk to me.

Most of the time the volume is low enough that if I concentrate, I have no

problem understanding what they're saying.

However, I've been learning to lip read so I can have the volume louder. I know

it's a bit drastic, but once I get these in ear white noise generators, I plan

on wearing them pretty frequently and possibly faking being hard of hearing.

Over the past year I've been joking with my friends that " I'm a little deaf " , or

asking them to repeat stuff because I " didn't hear you the first time " . If I do

go on and pretend to have hearing issues, these in ear white noise generators

could pass for hearing aids.

Then again, I'm hesitant for obvious reasons. Who the heck chooses to be deaf? I

mean yeah, we 4H sufferers have good reason to wish to be deaf, but that is a

huge life change. And would I really want to have to keep pretending? What do I

tell my family? There are so many ifs and buts with this scenario that part of

me thinks I'm crazy for even considering it.

As a side note, I use pink noise more thank white. I don't know why, but I

definitely like the pink much better, and I have it set on a very low pitch.

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> > You could try in-ear white noise generators instead. They create a steady,

staticy sort of sound that muffles trigger sounds for the most part. I've been

using white noise on my ipod for a long time and it has been great.

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