Question:
Here are my figures from a recent audiogram:Air Conduction:Hz Left Right250 65dB 90dB500 70 851000 55 852000 35 854000 35 708000 25 65

There are other symbols on the audiogram which I can't make sense of. Theydon't look like square brackets. Generally, these symbols are flat at 60dB -70dB across the graph up to 4kHz. My speech discrimination score was 0% atmaximum.

I am diagnosed with a central deafness. Hearing aids do not help.Specifically, on a reference letter I was given to apply for my learnerdriver's licence 17 years ago, it was described as "a bilateralsensorineural deafness" and "a severe central auditory aphasia". It occurredabout the time I had tonsillitis.

Does anybody have any suggestions how I can improve at least speechdiscrimination? So much effort on lipreading is a bugger! And not effectivemuch, either. I generally find women easier to understand than men. Wouldthis be due to my left ear being able to perceive some high pitched sounds?Also, what web sites are available to learn about the auditory nerve (pathto the brain, etc)? (I am yet to perform a search on this - I am unsure ofwhat search words to use. Using just "auditory nerve" might come up withmillions of hits

Answer: Lip reading cued speech sign language or pen and paper seem to be youroption ,i am sure there has to be some device that could help but i am notaware of it

You won't benefit from using signlanguage interpreters if you cannot understand them. Are yousuggesting that sign language is so easy to understand that a Deafperson doesn't need to learn it for comprehension? Because if you are,it's a total insult.