JBramleyShaw

Hello everyone, I'd like to introduce myself, my name is Jacob. I've been profoundly deaf since birth, however NHS has failed me because they didn't find out I was deaf until I was 15 years of age! They did multiple hearing tests, however they were conducted in a headmasters office in primary school, and they just thought i was being ignorant or distracted by other things for example, children playing on the playground. So when I was 15 years old, my mum still thought they were something not quite right with me so this time, my hearing test was conducted in a soundproof room, with headphones and the button to press when I hear the beeps, when I started this test the lady that was in charge of the test kept saying you need to press the button when you hear a noise, and I wasn't pressing the button for a lot of the test, and when the test was over she then said she was in awe why nobody caught it when I was a toddler because I've gone through 15 years of my life not being able to hear, I've missed out on so many things, and development socially growing up. I wanted to do BSL because I still struggle to hear when I have my hearing aids in, especially in loud environments so I joined myself and my partner to do this course so I can communicate with my family and my partner better when I'm struggling to hear. I'm very excited to learn BSL and to use it in everyday life