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I'm partially deaf in both ears and wear hearing aids to help. I find text messaging such a fantastic easy tool for communicating with friends and family quickly and for specific information I need. I can use the phone as well, but often when I am on the phone to someone and they are trying to pass me some info such as a name and address or a phone number I will ask them to text me the details as it is so easy to mishear the little things that maybe others take for granted such as numbers which can sound the same (two and three) or letters (N and M) for example.
If I'm meeting some friends for a beer, I'll simply text and ask which pub they are in, or what time. If I ring them and they are in the pub, chances are with all the background noise I won't hear them.
While I am not totally deaf and I can talk with people fine as long as I can watch their lips and listen, texting makes communicating remotely considerably easier.
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