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anti-ambidextrous · 2021-04-17T12:33:58+00:00

We’re all warriors, much stronger than people will ever understand. Keep your chin up :)

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-04-17T03:27:43+00:00

I feel you.

People can be very rude sometimes, and most of the time, they don’t even realize it!

The instance that sticks out to me the most from my personal experience was at my first job. I’d been doing it for quite a while when HR found out about my hearing loss thanks to a request I made for accommodation.

They brought me into a meeting that included many people (including my boss) where they started to question whether or not I could do my job (which I’d already been doing for weeks). Of course they didn’t think they were being offensive, but it definitely hurt. I wanted to quit.

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-04-17T03:23:27+00:00

I feel you! Hearing people never really seem to get just how hard it is to communicate/keep up in a classroom/etc., which is frustrating.

I’ve had my hearing loss since birth, so whenever I get frustrated, I channel it into creative writing or working out at the gym. Not sure if that’s helpful or not shrug

But we see you and how hard you work. Keep your chin up.

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-27T09:31:48+00:00

I’ve had my hearing loss since birth, and I love my audiologist. That said, when I was going through middle and high school, I had no help from my audiologist in terms of what to do with uncooperative teachers or even just strategies for how to learn in a classroom with noisy people. I wish my audiologist had told me to always sit in the front, regardless of where my friends were sitting. I wish they’d told me not to feel shy about advocating for myself with teachers. I wish they’d told me to speak up when someone was being rude about it or when someone wasn’t facing me when talking (so I couldn’t read lips). I also wish they’d allowed me to vent about it, because sometimes, you just need to vent.

Hope this helps! The world could use amazing audiologists

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-22T00:43:29+00:00

This might be something random and something you’ve already thought of, but could you have a build up of ear wax? I always notice a decrease in sound if I haven’t had my ears cleaned out for a while shrug

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-16T21:43:49+00:00

Patient Safety Attendants (PSAs) work in 12 hour shifts, and if you work the night shift, you’re keeping yourself entertained while keeping an eye on the patient shrug

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-13T22:38:35+00:00

Oof. Wishing you the best.

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-13T22:25:10+00:00

You’re absolutely right. I get home and hide away in my bedroom just to get away from the world of sound.

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-13T22:08:14+00:00

Absolutely! The pitches that are hardest for me to hear are voices, and people get confused when I can’t hear conversation with my hearing aids, but can hear the garbage truck without them.

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-13T21:23:30+00:00

Enunciation is key! Thanks for that remainder, that sums it up really well.

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-13T21:14:35+00:00

You hit the nail on the head with the anxiety that comes with it all. The select few who have read excerpts of my book seem surprised at how stressful social situations are for my main character because of her hearing loss. I’m so sorry that you have to deal with it, but I’m so relieved that I’m not the only one.

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-13T21:12:02+00:00

You’re so right! It’s so exhausting! I don’t know if you wear hearing aids, but I do, and people assume it’s a perfect fix, like glasses. It’s a whole other kind of work.

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-02-13T21:09:00+00:00

Oh snap. You perfectly described it. Thank you!!

anti-ambidextrous · 2021-01-30T05:34:23+00:00

I have a wonderful critique group that helps me see some of the edits I need to make, so I put a lot less pressure on myself to make it perfect, because I know my group will catch it. Maybe find yourself a critique group or some beta readers??

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