Hi everyone
I am an Industrial Design student at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. I'm currently working on a project that will address issues related to Deaf culture, Deaf identity, communication,etc.
As a hearing person I am trying to understand some of the frustrations Deaf people experience throughout their day. I have a few questions about Deaf lifestyle that might help me to better understand deafness from a first hand account:
Are there any tasks/activities you must perform differently from a hearing person? (such as driving, cooking, watching the kids, multi-tasking, etc.) How do you feel during these tasks and do you have difficulty performing these? Have you ever felt excluded from the hearing world? Are there any difficulties you experience as a Deaf person that might be solved/addressed by a product of some sort?
Any answers, thoughts, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Also, feel free to email me at bappell@uiuc.edu
sincerely,
BJ Appell
I am an Industrial Design student at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. I'm currently working on a project that will address issues related to Deaf culture, Deaf identity, communication,etc.
As a hearing person I am trying to understand some of the frustrations Deaf people experience throughout their day. I have a few questions about Deaf lifestyle that might help me to better understand deafness from a first hand account:
Are there any tasks/activities you must perform differently from a hearing person? (such as driving, cooking, watching the kids, multi-tasking, etc.) How do you feel during these tasks and do you have difficulty performing these? Have you ever felt excluded from the hearing world? Are there any difficulties you experience as a Deaf person that might be solved/addressed by a product of some sort?
Any answers, thoughts, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Also, feel free to email me at bappell@uiuc.edu
sincerely,
BJ Appell
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