What Are Jobs Deaf People Can't Do?

Steinhauer

Steinhauer

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My great grandpa Cunningham used to say ... "You can't even put your little pinky in a bucket of water without causing ripples"

I did not mean for my two word response in this thread to snowball into an argument. Sorry about that.
 
LoveBlue

LoveBlue

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Steinhauer said:
My great grandpa Cunningham used to say ... "You can't even put your little pinky in a bucket of water without causing ripples"

I did not mean for my two word response in this thread to snowball into an argument. Sorry about that.
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Wasn't your fault. No need to apologize.
 
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Saintly

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Came to this thread looking for some research. I don’t know if other places are different but the below are jobs I’ve explored / been denied for due to my level of hearing loss.
1) Canadian Forces - all members must be combat ready and meet the hearing criteria.
2) Police force - similar to above
3) firefighters - for safety purposes there is a required hearing level
4) commercial airline pilot - all Canadian airlines have a required decibel level requirement due to passenger safety.
 
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EllietheEncourager

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HOH2000 said:
Yes, we can do pretty much everything despite our hearing loss. But what are jobs deaf people can't do?

I can think of two: sign language interpreter and telephone work.
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The are Deaf Sign language interpreters that are like...dialect specialists. They help bridge communication when a signer has been self taught in a certain region. It may be hard for a non-native user to understand so they bring in a Deaf interpreter.
 
FinlandForever

FinlandForever

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Well in Finland, continuing my career as a Veterinary Nurse was put to a stop very quickly. I worked in Australia for many years in legal and then in veterinary nursing. After an assault, hearing is now completely gone. I was at school here in Finland (learning Finnish) and then came the citizenship test. I had to get a written doctor's report to exclude me from the hearing portion of the hearing / speaking / writing / understanding test.

I gained my Finnish citizenship, only to be told I am a "Deaf retard" (government's words) and that I will never work as a veterinary nurse or in any career here in Finland as we are "useless."

I now work as an author, publisher and book reviewer right here from home. My employer for reviewing is in USA but I am self-employed as an author and publisher in Finland.
 
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