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Originally Posted by TEW
I have never learned sign language. I would like to. It's on my "to do" list. You are also correct about age discrimination. I have always heard that if you are over 40 your chances of finding good employment is greatly reduced. As far as lip reading, I find it very easy. My wife thinks I should work for the FBI reading lips through binoculars, LOL.... Anyway, I'm on the fast track for a job opening that is currently available(I have an inside link) the only problem is these people use two-way radios; I'm trying to figure out a way around it. I've never seen a two-way radio I could understand. I told the manager this during the interveiw. His response was "hell, I can't understand them half the time". The thing is, he really dosen't have to understand them, you do. Any folks on this board work in a situation where two-way radios at work are a way of life? If so, how do you work around it? By the way, I live in NC, I really don't know what they offer by way of assitance.
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I assume that you are hard of hearing (hh). I know two hard of hearing people who use a telephone for their business (separate companies) for three years. They thought that they can do it because they able to understand most of time. They are good lip readers. But that was not the case, they found out themselves that they were wrong. People talk too fast, and they were supposed to talk slowly. I hope that I do not make you feel down, but you have to make sure that if you feel that it is the right job for you as a permanent job. Nothing is perfect, but a waste of time.
HH employees were frustrated and stuck with the hearies at work because they knew that it is hard for them to find another job. One person was simply fired because he/she blundered on the phone (important stuff especially expensive orders that cannot be replaced), and another person was laid off due not enough to meet the boss's goals. I thought that a hard of hearing is far better than a profound deaf. I guess that HH and deaf are just the same.