photogirl

So i had to go to get an MRI today to see if i have a cholesteatoma in my left ear. When i told the tech lady that i am HoH, she started to talk to me and treat me like i am a two year old from mars. she got like two inches from my face and was speaking sooooo slowly. she could see that i was looking at her lips and she just took that and ran with it. i know she was trying to be nice and "helpful" but wow, really? someone in the medical field? in 2009? i felt odd. anyone else had experiences with that?

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Pepsi

Yes, that has happen to me a few times. The one thing I hate is " Can you read" ? I guess just because I can't hear I can't think either

Bottesini

I am still thinking about the woman who said to my husband, "Can she talk?"

And he wears hearing aids too!!

Maybe she heard him talk to someone else and I just didn't know it.

Weird things happen in the general public.

The technician at the MRI probably doesn't see many deaf people.

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Botti, I know what you mean, I been there

rockin'robin

HEHE!...I think (?) I've seen it all (regarding hearies) communicating with me.... they either "hollar" in my ear...."mouthe" the words so big I can actually see their cavities/tonsils....yell loud enuf that my hairs blows from my face when they talk....look "dumb-founded", nervous, and mumble their words...."pull up their moustache" so I can see their lips....and the least but not last....write on a piece of paper: "Can you read"?

Well, it actually makes them look stupid and childish!..All I can say is: Try and have patience! Easier said than done, becuz I've blowed up many, many times!!!

Bottesini

Write back, "no, I never learned how" and look sad.

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photogirl

really, bott? "can she talk?" wow. i know people are no trying to be like that, but wow.

Bottesini

My husband wanted to improve our ASL so we went to a class.

I was the only deaf person besides the teacher and my husband the only HOH.

It was another student who asked. It was definitely a weird experience.

And my family would testify I can certainly talk too much!!

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Cheri

Oh yeah it had happened to me before, I find it so hilarious! I would end up laughing when someone talks this way to me. "Doooooooooo... youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu wannnnnnnnnnnnnt sommmmmmmmmmmme... then I would respond "noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!' and they looked at me like what the....

And I also love it when some hearing people thinks shouting will make a deaf person hears better. I'm like, "eh no! matter of fact you're making me more deafer than I already am!" They would be like "Oh, I'm sorry".

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lovezebras

I personally hate the "omgggggg you talk SOOOOO well!!!!!" and then this one lady who said that went into a long rant about how she thinks she is losing her hearing too and she was talking so much that i lost interest and just sat there..this was a person at the registars office at school....ALL i wanted was to switch a class time...and i had to get the whole gammit of what i didn't need to know about

VamPyroX

I guess she has never worked with a deaf person before.

Some people who have never worked or communicated with a deaf person may have a misunderstanding of how they're supposed to ask.

I've had people ask me what country I was from and assumed English wasn't my first language because I had to ask them to repeat what they said.

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LDNanna

Amen.

All the time, too. I had a fellow just today tell me I needed a tech to come to my house to fix my cable. He told me to turn cbl off and hit menu two times. Because it would not work he was sure that I didn't understand. Sigh. I lost my patience and told him that Deaf doesn't mean DUMB. He said -" Huh "!! All cause my sweet hubby "forgot" that I needed captions. grrr. Hahaha, we all have those "deaf moments", I guess.

I also now have folks ask where I am from. It's cause I speak sort of flat now. I don't always hear myself as well as I used to. My young terp friend had to insist to a store clerk that I was not foreign. geee. People!

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SeanB

Never had communication problems due to the fact I let them know of my preference of communication before hand. On rare occasions, I've had people do charades to get their point across! Talk about trying to keep a straight face! :rofl2: LOL

Cheri

I don't think some hearing people gets it even when you tell them to speak slightly slow and to be clear when speaking, but instead they spoke sightly slower

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Moon-child

Yes, the OMG you talk so well gets tiring. So does the, well you should get a hearing aid. Or people just clam up and ignore ya, makes them wig out. People who then over-pronunciate making it impossible to read there lips. Mumblers should be tarred and feathered, haha, kidding. People with accents really mess with my mind, I have learned that If I can't seem to lip read then I ask the person if they have an accent...it usually leads to interesting conversation using writing, hand gestures and patience. I never hesitate to turn a man's face gently towards mine, being a bit of a flirt, it works every time!

photogirl

being new to this forum, it's so good to hear from others that understand! moon-child, i like your style!!!

Pepsi

Moon-child

Thanks photogirl, and welcome!

Lighthouse77

I had people doing that to me too all the time. I flat out and tell them that they are making it worst for me to understand them. Seriously, it is very hard for me when someone shout or speak slowly. I can only understand them when they look at me and don't mumble. There are times I need them to speak up because I depend on sounds to make out the words but that's because they mumble in the begin with. My young (and cute) dentist mumbles... I tell him to quit mumbling all the time LOL

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Lighthouse77

It takes me awhile to get used to someone accents.. some people get offended by it after seeing i could understand my husband , family, coworkers but I can not understand them.

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Dixie

I had a teacher in Elementary school that did this. I was in 5th grade she was the science teacher and she very much babied me around. She would get right in my face and speak slowly and over exagerate her words, which actually made it more difficult to speech-read. She also would come back have me write down every homework assignment in detail then put it in a folder and watched me put it in my bag, then she would call my parents every night and tell them that she assigned homework and wanted to make sure I got home with it and completed it. It was embarrassing. Thank god she moved after that school year. A lot of students had problems with her I recall and I assume the adminstration did as well.

Deafness doesn't leave one incapable of thinking for themselves.

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Braydens Mom

Annoying back then...but at least she took the time to make sure you were getting your work done. To many teachers really don't care. Yes, a tad extreme, but you still remember her...lol!

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Dixie

It would have been one thing if she had the entire class do it, but it was just me she was doing this to, like I was incapable of getting home with my schoolwork and doing it on my own. I was a B and C student, not the best, but I was passing.

A lot of the C's were due to no longer having the FM system.

My math tutor from last semester talked to me the other day and he said I just never got the basics somewhere, and now that I have the basics, I have something to build on.

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flyingace

I've had people stick their face very, very close to mine and talk, I have to gently push people back from me so I can see them properly. Where do they get that idea that I can't see them unless they're really close?

In the hospital, I've been wheeled on a gurney while someone was talking to me upside-down. I wish hospitals would give training to staff about hearing-impaired people.

Babyblue

:rofl2:

I can imagine that! One holding on to their mustache, while talking!

shel90

yep, have that happened to me. I have came up with different sarcastic remarks to get back at them. One of them actually dumbed down the English and talked to me in short phrases like "YOUUUUU DEEEEEEEAAAAAATTTHHH? UUUU HHHEEEEELLLLLPPPP? YOU UNNNNNDDDDDERRRRSTTTANNNDDD MEEEE?"

I just shook my head and spoke in rapid English "youhearing?youneedhelp?canuunderstandme?"

LOL!

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Bebonang

Death? Not Deaf? That is hilarious. :rofl2:

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rockin'robin

"In the hospital, I've been wheeled on a gurney while someone was talking to me upside-down. I wish hospitals would give training to staff about hearing-impaired people"...............HAHAHAHA! HILARIOUS!

Lighthouse77

oh can I borrow that?

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