RachelRene
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Nothing says "hello, audism" like going home for the holidays. Not only do I keep getting accused of ignoring people, my mom keeps going "You can't hear that? You REALLY can't hear that?" No, mom, I *really* can't hear whatever it is that you're going on about.
I got scolded for over two hours when I didn't answer the door for my grandma. Apparently, they don't believe me when I say I can't hear the doorbell. I'm actually wearing my hearing aids home this time (they don't like me to wear hearing aids, they don't turn on captions, they hate that I sign, and really in general I'm supposed to pretend that I can hear.)
Last night, we went to my nephew's basketball game. Sitting there, with my ears hurting and not understanding anything being said, my mom and sister talking and completely ignoring me, really struck me... this is how it was for all growing up. This is how it was for two years, after I moved back home with my baby. It's no wonder I didn't actually realize how much my hearing had dropped--no one talked to me.
Then I happened to catch my sister, holding my son's hands... She told him, "Puppies don't sign, so you'd better stop!!" (he spends most of his time pretending to be a puppy.) Ugh. I have been working so hard to try to encourage him to sign, for both of our sakes. It has only been recently that he met other kids that sign, and that helped him a lot--he started signing a LOT more after that.
Sorry for the rant... anyone else having home for the holiday issues?
I got scolded for over two hours when I didn't answer the door for my grandma. Apparently, they don't believe me when I say I can't hear the doorbell. I'm actually wearing my hearing aids home this time (they don't like me to wear hearing aids, they don't turn on captions, they hate that I sign, and really in general I'm supposed to pretend that I can hear.)
Last night, we went to my nephew's basketball game. Sitting there, with my ears hurting and not understanding anything being said, my mom and sister talking and completely ignoring me, really struck me... this is how it was for all growing up. This is how it was for two years, after I moved back home with my baby. It's no wonder I didn't actually realize how much my hearing had dropped--no one talked to me.
Then I happened to catch my sister, holding my son's hands... She told him, "Puppies don't sign, so you'd better stop!!" (he spends most of his time pretending to be a puppy.) Ugh. I have been working so hard to try to encourage him to sign, for both of our sakes. It has only been recently that he met other kids that sign, and that helped him a lot--he started signing a LOT more after that.
Sorry for the rant... anyone else having home for the holiday issues?