Advice on disability allowance.

RazWaz

sunnyone wrote: »

Lots of people assume that hearing aids "cure" deafness but they are just amplifiers and dampners which dont even come close to tackeling the many causes of deafness, I wear my aids because what little I can hear using them suppliments my lip reading which works well for one two one, face to face chats in quiet places but in 99% of situations they are useless.

I agree with this, I got so sick of it just making everything louder and not clearer that I stopped using them all together (I was born with sensorineural deafness). Now I just lip read, as long as people don't cover their face everything is fine.

sunnyone

RazWaz wrote: »

I agree with this, I got so sick of it just making everything louder and not clearer that I stopped using them all together. Now I just lip read, as long as people don't cover their face everything is fine.

Bushy 'tashes are a pig when your trying to lip read someone!

RazWaz

sunnyone wrote: »

Bushy 'tashes are a pig when your trying to lip read someone!

I tend to just nod a lot, make an excuse and walk away :rotfl:

tomitma

RazWaz wrote: »

I tend to just nod a lot, make an excuse and walk away :rotfl:

And me, it gets quite embarrasing sometimes, you are giving someone a smile, and nodding away, and its not till later you realise that they told you there father has just died:rotfl:

RazWaz

tomitma wrote: »

And me, it gets quite embarrasing sometimes, you are giving someone a smile, and nodding away, and its not till later you realise that they told you there father has just died:rotfl:

Happened once to me, was a hospital worker telling me something on my way to visit my grandfather, nodded and walked into his room. Realised they were trying to tell me he was dead when I held his hand and it was cold.

Things like that are the hidden effects of disability, things no one ever think about.

McKneff

Thank you for clarifying things, guys. Now I understnad what you mean.

The phrase that most made me understand even more was 'it makes it louder, not clearer' well put and hits the nail on the head.

Apologies if my earlier post caused offence, none was intended.

paddedjohn

how does the allowance benefit your partner ie what is it needed for? can't she work full time instead of part time to make the shortfall up?

BLT_2

gunboat4 wrote: »

My wife works part time and has been getting adult disability for about 3 years. Today she has received a letter from tax credits and benefits, stopping her allowance. Her disability is that she can hear nothing unless she has her hearing aids in. This decision is a real hammer blow to our family. Is this all to do with the goverment trying to cut costs and would it be worth appealing against this decision. Thankyou.

They won't listen :rotfl: . OK thats the non PC joke over,

I fail to understand why an individual should be financially subsidised by the government for being deaf. There are additional costs inherent in for many disablements, but what are the additional monthly costs inherent in being deaf?

I have to buy glasses, can I claim from the government for those as I am technically disabled without them, being unable to drive or even cross the road safely.

Lets save the money for those disabled personnel who are really in need.

RazWaz

BLT wrote: »

They won't listen :rotfl: . OK thats the non PC joke over,

I fail to understand why an individual should be financially subsidised by the government for being deaf. There are additional costs inherent in for many disablements, but what are the additional monthly costs inherent in being deaf?

I have to buy glasses, can I claim from the government for those as I am technically disabled without them, being unable to drive or even cross the road safely.

Lets save the money for those disabled personnel who are really in need.

There ARE extra costs in relation to being deaf. I need someone with me when I'm outside as I can't hear traffic (been hit by two cars and pulled out the path of several others). The worst place is car-parks, people seem to think if they speed up you'll hear them, nope, you'll just hit me harder.

You can't say what needs a deaf person has if you are not deaf, just like I can't say what needs you have as I don't need glasses.

krisskross

RazWaz wrote: »

There ARE extra costs in relation to being deaf. I need someone with me when I'm outside as I can't hear traffic (been hit by two cars and pulled out the path of several others). The worst place is car-parks, people seem to think if they speed up you'll hear them, nope, you'll just hit me harder.

You can't say what needs a deaf person has if you are not deaf, just like I can't say what needs you have as I don't need glasses.

My husband is profoundly deaf. He has never been run over because he uses his sight much more carefully and thoroughly than you appear to do.

Now if he didn't have his glasses on or wear his hearing aids things might be different.