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Originally Posted by deafjellyfish
ha. or i like how if you can hear just alittle bit and you speak well, people at work may not think your deaf. or your faking it.  people are dumb.
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I hear you on that one! (no pun intended) I work in a small boutique and it has been VERY frustrating. For the 5 years I have been there, I have been "hearing" and now I am hard of hearing. I have a pin that says "Please look at me and speak slowly and clearly...I am hard of hearing" and I wear it when I go into work. Unfortunately, people don't remember, or they forget, or they don't see the button, or ....
I am *slowly* picking up on lip-reading, but people are just annoying and ignorant. My ASL teacher told that "patience must come from both sides" grrrrrrr. I hate being patient with stupid people! But I guess they need it most.
I get stupid comments like "But you speak so fluently" or "Why don't you get one of those implant things" or "Did you ever consider a hearing aid?" or people want to pry into my medical history and that's just no appropriate.