Hi all, I’d just like to say that i found this site by accident but I’m glad I have! I was actually using google because I wanted to find out about what the link is between my hearing imparement and my voice.
Let me start from the beginning……
I was born deaf (profound in the right, moderate in the left) because my mother caught rubella when she was pregnant with me. I was raised in a hearing family and I was educated at a mainstream school. I had speech therapy for many years and now lead a “normal” life, however normal one can be! I don’t allow my hearing problem to cause me barriers in my life, I’ve got to university, I’ve had relationships and I’ve had jobs where I’ve used the phone and worked with customers 1-2-1. As I’m sure your all aware that its not completely fuss free! I still have days when I go out for a night and my battery runs out half way through and I dont have a spare on me, or when I’m doing things like swimming or having a shower it can be annoying because I cannot hear very much at all and rely on the vibrations to get by…..but like I said, its not a big deal!
I haven’t had a proper chance to look at the site so appologies if I mention something that has already been spoken about but, the thing I cant shake off in all of this is my voice. I know its different. Speech wize I’m more or less normal- again I use the term normal loosely! and my pronoucation is fine, but I HATE my voice. I know most people do but I can hear the difference and I can feel the difference too, sometimes I think its ok and others I feel like yuck! stop talking! Even though I have my friends who don’t judge and I dont care for people that find my hearing/voice an issue, I can still tell when someone is thinking, hmm her voice is different.
BASICALLY!! what my question is: what experience have others had with their voice? Has anyone got any advice on what I can do to change it? I think its mainly to do with my breathing but I don’t know how to change it! I don’t want to do this for anyone else, I’m not trying to prove anything I just know that if my voice wasn’t so obviously different, I’d be alot more confident and self assured! THanks for taking the time to read this!
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