softabak
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Hi everyone! I need some advice..
I thought maybe this would fit under "Adjusting to late onset deafness" but I wasn't sure..
So anyways! I have always been HOH. Recently I lost my hearing completely. I can lip read really well (although I get crazy headaches by the end of the day now) and can get by so-so. At work, people assume I can hear or am lying about my deafness because I speak. So I have honestly been debating giving up my speech, and maybe only talking in my own home. I haven't told any of my friends or have seen them since I completely lost my hearing because they weren't very accommodating in the first place and I don't think they will be now (I feel mean saying that but it's true...).
At work my boss has sent out emails twice requesting people only contact me via email and hardly anyone does. It's very frustrating. I feel like people don't take me seriously. One of my supervisors keeps piling on extra work for me and the other day she tried to make me answer the phone.
So because of all of this, I feel like I just want to give up speaking. What do you think? Does it sound silly?
I thought maybe this would fit under "Adjusting to late onset deafness" but I wasn't sure..
So anyways! I have always been HOH. Recently I lost my hearing completely. I can lip read really well (although I get crazy headaches by the end of the day now) and can get by so-so. At work, people assume I can hear or am lying about my deafness because I speak. So I have honestly been debating giving up my speech, and maybe only talking in my own home. I haven't told any of my friends or have seen them since I completely lost my hearing because they weren't very accommodating in the first place and I don't think they will be now (I feel mean saying that but it's true...).
At work my boss has sent out emails twice requesting people only contact me via email and hardly anyone does. It's very frustrating. I feel like people don't take me seriously. One of my supervisors keeps piling on extra work for me and the other day she tried to make me answer the phone.
So because of all of this, I feel like I just want to give up speaking. What do you think? Does it sound silly?