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Join Date: Dec 2007
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deaf in a hearing job
i'm new to the boards...i was wondering how many of you are d/Deaf and work mostly in the hearing world? how do you manage? does your employer make any special accomodations for you? how well do you cope with your hearing co-workers? just curious. thanks.
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First of all, deafjellyfish,
to alldeaf (ad or AD for short)!I'm a student, but also work part-time in delivery and my employer knows that I can't hear on the phone there, so I don't answer it or take orders. That being said, he also knows, as do the other supervisors, to get my attention to either wave or tap/pound on the table or something that I'm attached to. They have been good on that. My hearing dog, Snickers, rides with me, but is confined to her regular seat in the back. Where there's a will, there's a way around most anything, deafjellyfish, so don't let anyone tell you that you can't do any specific job. ![]()
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I have an example -- I work in the hearing world. I work for the australian government down here. Where I work has a lot of technology that I can access, like email, IM, TTY. I have been there for a year now, and still at it present. The other co workers are very friendly, I am enjoying the flexible enviroment.
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I work in hearing job. i used to people who has kind of attention with me like body language or chat with lip reading.
i not have tty or imland but only use the emails to commuincation, too. |
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[quote=pek1;901712][color="Blue"]First of all, deafjellyfish,
to alldeaf (ad or AD for short)!thank you for your advice. my employer is pretty accomodating for the most part. people are finally getting used to approaching me from the front and not coming up behind me. or they tap on my desk sumx. i do wish i had someone to sign with, nobody at work does. but, that's okay i suppose. i guess i could teach them a thing or two!!
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What do you do? I in the hearing world too. I write code. |
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[quote=kalboy;902235]1337? What you do mean? I only code Java, HTML and other coding that falls in the website category.
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i do data entry...so i key all day longgggg. i like the repitition, no phone work, really not alot of contact with people...its not too shabby really. what is coding?
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[quote=deafjellyfish;902244]Coding is the interface of building and designing websites -- I can give you an example if you go to View button --> and Click 'Source' = CODING
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Welcome to AllDeaf!
![]() I worked at a local video rental store years ago and I was the only deaf employee there. It worked out well for me since they were very understanding. I did have a customer call once and I answered the phone. She was talking really fast and it was hard to understand what she was saying. So, I asked her if she could repeat and she yelled... "What are you... DEAF!?" I calmly replied... "Yes, ma'am. I am." Her response? "Oh, sorry..." then she hung up. Hehehe! |
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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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Rest of the custoemrs, they are learning to communicate with me thru paper, home sign or talk clearly if I can unds them. Oh today for instance, I accidetnly closed the back door locked and did not know other co-worker was outside to put the cases in the vehicles. She asked one of my other co-worker how to say this sign. When she leaves, she stopped and told me "You locked me out". I said oops, "I did not see u out there".
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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. |
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) and nothing more. Most of the lab skills I learned in classes. Some I learned from a hearing tech. It was hard, but I also had instructions from lab companies to read. When I knew the skills, I worked alone. It was ok but lonely and boring.
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where did you find your pin? i'm assuming online? that's creative. for the most part i don't like to be tapped on the shoulder from behind, there is a woman at work who does that and it scares the *poop* out of me every time. and i tell her, but she still does it. whatever, i suppose! ![]() i speak very well, but have moments (so i'm told) where my speech is off or some words sound different from a hearie. so i believe that is why people forget, because since i talk and lipread well, i must be able to hear them! gee, why didn't i think of that one? patience does come from both sides, but i am losing patience. ha. i sympathize with your situation with work and the hearing.
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I got the pin from SoundBytes.com.
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i work in a playgroup with 26 children iam the first ever deaf person to be employed in the 22 years that it has been opened!! the child are aged 2-3 they know sign langauge for "drink" "please" "thank you " "Toliet" and they know they have to tap me on the legs or my arm if they want my attieon which is kinda sweet!! the co workers know iam deaf and know that i cannot anwer the phone when we have staff meeting the perosn who wants to talk puts they hands up so i know who talking, it hard for me when they are two conversation overlaping each other and it quite hard for me to follow , so i just prentend iam listening !!! all the staff are training towards they BSL stage one!! so hopefull conversation should be a bit easier ZoeyAnnxx |
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ZoeyAnn, that's great for you! That's a good thing that your workplace is aware about your deafness... Any job can not impact their deafness, I have a friend that is a childcare worker too. She's deaf as well.
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I work in a warehouse and as far as I can tell I am the only Deaf employee this place has every employed. I don't need to hear to do my job, the employees are pretty cool about it, they will stomp the floor or wave at me. I lipread but late at night (I work overnight) when I get tired I can't make a lot of it out. No one signs there, there are a few people that have expressed an intererst in learning, but then they just ask me how to cuss
lol The only big problem I have is that you have to call in to check on OT and I have a hard time of getting past security with the Relay. Its frustrating. Other than that, its all good. I wouldnt mind getting something more data entry and day based, but the pay isnt as good. |
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