I don't know if anyone can relate =\
My dad is deaf, my mom is hearing.
My ears have quite a bit of scaring, damage, and hearing loss. To the average person, I can hear normally. Because NORMALLY people look at you when they are talking.
My dad lip reads and I picked up this as a kid. I want to face a person when they are talking to me! I often get angry at members of my family that don't get my dad's attention first and then talk to them. They just blurt a bunch of mumblings and then when he turns around to say "what?" they say - never mind. I always wave at my dad and wait until he is seeing my face before saying anything.
I am told that I don't pay attention, etc... I repeatedly tell people that I CANNOT UNDERSTAND YOU UNLESS I AM LOOKING AT YOU when you speak. That act like I am faking hearing loss. I know when you are saying something, but it is all distorted to me.
One foot in and one foot in the other and I have no damn place.
My dad is deaf, my mom is hearing.
My ears have quite a bit of scaring, damage, and hearing loss. To the average person, I can hear normally. Because NORMALLY people look at you when they are talking.
My dad lip reads and I picked up this as a kid. I want to face a person when they are talking to me! I often get angry at members of my family that don't get my dad's attention first and then talk to them. They just blurt a bunch of mumblings and then when he turns around to say "what?" they say - never mind. I always wave at my dad and wait until he is seeing my face before saying anything.
I am told that I don't pay attention, etc... I repeatedly tell people that I CANNOT UNDERSTAND YOU UNLESS I AM LOOKING AT YOU when you speak. That act like I am faking hearing loss. I know when you are saying something, but it is all distorted to me.
One foot in and one foot in the other and I have no damn place.