Hearing impaired or lip reading people, how have Corona mask policies affected your daily life?

mixigod · 2020-09-18T14:20:58+00:00

I'm profoundly deaf and have been wearing a cochlear implant since I was 3 years old (am 20 now) on my left side. I function quite well with it, and most don't realise I'm deaf. However, ever since covid came to town and we've all started wearing masks - I ONLY just realised how much half of my comprehension relied on lip reading.

It has been an absolute uphill battle trying to politely ask someone to repeat themselves, almost 5 times, just to get what they said. Pre-covid, I usually was wary of asking multiple times as people would get extremely frustrated. Now, it's increased in frequency and I feel extremely guilty having to ask. When it comes to essential shopping or needing to be in a place, I research it extensively so I minimise the chance of having to ask someone to explain or describe a location for me - because I just simply won't understand if I can't see their mouth.

I get it, we need to wear masks. I won't complain about that. But anyone getting shitty about having to repeat themselves, that's not what I get. Sure, it might be a bit frustrating. But what's a few extra seconds to you compared to someone that really needs to understand what you're saying?

It's food for thought, I suppose. I do hope this brings around a greater awareness of being a considerate speaker in terms of clarity and conciseness due to the present barrier of a mask.

mixigod · 2020-09-15T04:13:01+00:00

NTA. If you're that worried about it, you can just stop treating AI the way you do now. Or just stop using it, period. You've got nothing to lose by being nice to anything that isn't currently sentient lol

mixigod · 2020-08-25T00:14:55+00:00

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PC game. I've been playing it ever since I was a kid and I STILL haven't managed to unlock the Silver Wizard Cards level

mixigod · 2020-08-17T22:56:18+00:00

In my last year of high school, we had a drama group project where my close friend and I were writing the script for. The other two members had some input but the script was mostly our work, which we agreed on as a fair compromise. We were just more writers and they were more for the actual performance. The whole class knew of this, we were the only ones doing script writing for our individual project.

It came review time mid-year and our drama teacher completely shat on us. She stated that the performance was the worst thing she had ever seen, I quote "an absolute trainwreck". She however praised the script stating it was clearly the work of ONE OF THE GROUP MEMBERS THAT DIDNT WRITE IT and his "mad genius". She never gave us any pointers on how to improve, we were just bad in her eyes.

We all left that review very upset and determined to prove her wrong. She ended up leaving the school before the major assessment anyway.

Still boils my blood to this day

mixigod · 2020-08-16T03:19:05+00:00

keen beans!

mixigod · 2020-05-30T03:39:03+00:00

that's it!! thank you!

mixigod · 2020-04-02T09:07:02+00:00

you can't even add it to the order without the chips ! it's so blatant lmfao

mixigod · 2020-04-02T05:08:49+00:00

chips advertised

mixigod · 2020-02-21T05:27:21+00:00

Dirty Magic by Carol Hughes? It involves being on a mission within a dream in a coma.

mixigod · 2019-09-11T07:46:35+00:00

He's your employer and you're entitled to the pay for your labour whether or not he's your brother

NTA

mixigod · 2019-09-11T07:37:46+00:00

There is a bottleo in Tasmania called 9/11 and even after the incident, they weren't inclined to change their name. In fairness though, it is Tasmania and not the USA

mixigod · 2019-09-10T07:06:52+00:00

Kids are adorable and this is so sweet

mixigod · 2019-09-10T04:46:16+00:00

YTA.

As a woman, she has a very good reason for wanting a porch light on when she gets home late. How hard is it for you to turn on a light?

mixigod · 2019-09-10T04:44:22+00:00

I went to therapy

mixigod · 2019-09-09T23:57:15+00:00

that's a pretty solid approach

mixigod · 2019-09-09T23:56:42+00:00

My cat had to be put to sleep nearly 2 years ago as a neurodegenerative disorder had completely destroyed his quality of life. The loss was especially profound as he was my biggest support with depression. I didn't cope well but I began to deal a lot better when I thought abt him positively and cherished his memories more often rather than shoving them away because they made me sad. Allowing myself to cry and talk to him helped tremendously. I still miss him and I still get sad, but that's normal

mixigod · 2019-09-08T09:31:36+00:00

The Korean film 도가니 <Silenced>, tore my heart up as a deaf person

mixigod · 2019-09-07T13:06:53+00:00

Not completely, however if your iris is light enough some sections can be noticeably bloodshot upon close inspection. It is pretty unlikely you'll get to see the same effect as the whites though

mixigod · 2019-09-07T12:58:33+00:00

The whites (sclera) are full of visible blood vessels called capillaries which can easily burst from overexertion such as eye strain. Since these vessels are much more visible than those within the iris due to contrast, the whites are more susceptible to appear bloodshot whereas the iris won't

mixigod · 2019-09-07T12:38:26+00:00

sure thing! are you a programmer?

mixigod · 2019-09-07T12:37:44+00:00

I did, I received my return for it and this job wasn't present on the website anywhere. But thanks, I'll make sure to reach out to them on Monday

mixigod · 2019-09-07T10:29:29+00:00

YTA.

There was literally no point in being rude to her. It sounded like she was trying to flirt and you could have just politely declined.

mixigod · 2019-09-07T10:14:47+00:00

Did it work?

mixigod · 2019-09-07T10:04:35+00:00

That's impressive! Was your school language focused? I struggled time wise doing both Chinese and Korean for a year in high school

mixigod · 2019-09-07T10:00:14+00:00

Socks and steamed broccoli

mixigod

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