<p>Yeah I’d have to say just having a hearing implant isn’t something so weird I’d be uncomfortable. I think of it more like an accessory, like glasses.</p>
<p>well zamzam you wouldn’t have to learn sign language because i hear <em>almost</em> perfectly when I have it on. When I take it off, however, I can’t hear jackshat. lol…one thing im worred about is during hte night, like if there is a shooting or something, and I wont be able to hear T_T…but anyway…</p>
<p>and to rsx, sure I’d be a little uncomfortable too I guess…but if I had a roommate like that, I would prolly overlook it. you, and everyone else of course, sound hella nice haha</p>
<p>If you’re really concerned about it, then if your school has a sheet to fill out that they use to match up roommates, you could always explain your situation on that. But honestly, your condition is not uncommon and no one should have trouble living with you.</p>
<p>khaine, my family has serious hearing issues (except me), and they are very difficult to wake up because they can’t hear anything.</p>
<p>I, on the other hand, am just a deep sleeper: my roommate had to wake me up when the (horrifyingly loud) fire alarm went off.</p>
<p>Besides, having an almost-deaf roommate, regardless of whether or not he wore a hearing aid, would probably give me the impetus to sign for ASL classes anyway.</p>
<p>CSU Northridge has a huge deaf studies program and many hard of hearing students. They even have a living learning community (dorm) for students in the program (not just deaf students.) I’m sure there are many schools who have similar programs, I just know this one because my son is at this school.</p>
<p>well if i was a boy i would love to have u as a roomate 
i would be able to blast my music and you wouldnt hear a thingg && besides i wake up early!!! even on the weekends so i`d prolly jump on your bed or yank the covers off lol or something else wierd/outrageous cause thats just me x;]</p>
<p>thanks guys, rlly cheered me up haha…lol at simplisw3t1’s comment haha that would be pretty cool lolol</p>
<p>and zamzam, sorry to hear about your family’s hearing problems…and its cool that you want to sign up for ASL…i’ve been thinking about learning it but I’m just too lazy =)</p>
<p>and at walktewalk, r u serious? im conidering applying to stanford and uc berk…do you know if anyone there has my problem so I can go to him/her for advice? (that is if i make it there)</p>
<p>and drummer, I’ve nvr heard of that school but that sounds pretty cool haha</p>
<p>I agree. I think you’ll be fine. My only concern has already been mentioned – asking your roommate to wake you up whenever you don’t get up on time may become annoying quickly, esp. if your roommate has classes later than you and therefore is being woken up early every morning b/c you didn’t get out of bed on time. Your roommate may be understanding when awake but people are often a bit less gracious when they are woken up early or not allowed to sleep when they expected to be able to.</p>
<p>In college, people want to meet people who are different than themselves. It wouldn’t bother me at all.</p>
<p>I do know current students at Stanford, but none of them are hearing impaired. There is a girl in my grade who wears hearing aids and unfortunately has a disease that will render her blind and deaf in a few years. However, she was accepted to Georgetown EA, so there are definitely students at top schools who have conditions similar to yours. Good luck with Stanford and Berk!</p>
<p>you’ll have no problem man, i know i wouldn’t mind rooming with you. one of my current room mates (i’m in a quad) plays WoW ALL the time, stays up late, etc. that to me is annoying, haha. seriously man, you have nothing to worry about, unless you’re put with some ******* room mate, which likely won’t happen if you let housing know of your condition and stuff.</p>
<p>thanks guys…once again hekka cheered me up, can’t wait for college! haha</p>
<p>walkthewalk: thanks for ur comments, i hope to be as successful as you and other people on these forums haha… that is so sad, i feel for her man…i think she has a severe case of meningitis, which can cause deafness and blind(ness)…and gratz to her!</p>
<p>watchman: thanks for the comment LOl world of warcraft…i tried taht but it got hella boring (got up to lvl 48 druid LOl)</p>
<p>i wouldn’t mind rooming with you, most people would be glad to help out. unless they are jerks</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>i had another question</p>
<p>lets say I do get accepted into a university (hopefully if I am not too dumb…), how would bathrooms and showers work? I tend to cover up my implant with my hair so I need (atleast) 20 minutes in order to set my hair (sometimes it takes longer due to bad days, etc). My parents said people will be getting pis*ed off at me, and I don’t want that to happen.</p>
<p>I’ve been considering cutting my hair to regular boy’s length, which means that my implant will show completely. I don’t know how I would handle the stress of people constantly looking at it, and I seriously don’t know what to do… please help! thanks</p>
<p>Are you planning to live in the dorms or in an apartment? </p>
<p>Dorms usually have one or two community bathrooms on each floor, and people don’t mind a few students taking longer as long as there are enough mirrors/basins/showers etc so that they don’t have to wait in line. If worse comes to worst, you could always set your hair in your room instead of the community bathroom.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you plan to live in an apartment and share a bathroom, I could see why occupying the bathroom for an extended period of time might be a problem.</p>
<p>Here’s the trick—as long as you are comfortable with implant, everyone else will be too. If you notice kids on your floor staring at your implant, I’m sure it will be more out of curiosity than anything else. Your implant may actually be a great conversation starter. Talk about it openly and answer any questions that your floormates may have. After a few days, it will be a nonissue. After a week or two, everyone will be so used to seeing it that they won’t even notice it anymore.</p>
<p>I’m an *******, but I’d be totally fine dorming with you, assuming you were actually a cool person. There’s nothing unusual about you, from your description–I doubt any people think hearing aids are any more odd than eyeglasses.</p>
<p>hey i think it would be cool
do you know ASL?
i took a few courses at a night school last year, and i think for me it would be cool to learn new things.</p>
<p>and don’t worry about the bathroom, i’m a girl, but even so, we take at least 30 minutes haha, if we have to do our hair. personally, it takes me an hour to shower, dry and straighten my hair.</p>
<p>im sure there will be ample facilities.</p>
<p>that’s not bad at all.</p>
<p>as long as you can still hear your fine.</p>
<p>it’s probably even a positive for you. while meeting people for the first weeks, you can portray yourself as interesting and have something to talk about when meeting people.</p>