Who am I and why BSL.

[Martin_R]

Hi. My name is Martin, I'm 46 and I have decided to properly learn BSL. I had an accident and suffered a head trauma when I was 3 yrs old which resulted in me becoming completely deaf in my right ear. I struggled with my SSD for as long as I can remember. Although my other ear works perfect I struggled to hear conversations in noisy environments, so I became quite reliant on lip reading. I once had a friend at school who began to teach me fingerspelling, but we grew apart before I could learn more and never pursued it, so here I am now, you are never to old to learn something new! I hope that over the next couple of years that I will be able to learn enough to be able to use what I have learnt to help others in some way.