I remember reading before how getting your hearing repaired through surgery (when possible) can get you ostracized from deaf communities. Some consider their deafness to be part of their identity, and regaining your hearing can be treated as sacrificing your identity/heritage.
Lol I’ll trade the ability to hear for the cost some judgemental deaf people jealous of me. What are they gonna do, sign language at me angrily?
Thats fucked, why would someone think a life altering disadvantage being part of someone’s identity be a good thing
If people can find ways to make their lives better then they shouldn’t be ostracised for it
so like i have autism (and probably adhd) and i get their sentiment, but fucking hell i’m not gonna say no to getting rid of the overstimulation and autistic breakdowns…
There’s a difference between a function variation and a disability, and being deaf is absolutely a fucking disability as it’s pretty nice to be able to hear oncoming trains and avoid being turned into a red mist.
also hey how about instead of being gatekeepers, they teach other people to sign? i’d sure like to have sign as a fallback for when my autistic brain decides speaking isn’t happening today. Or, you know, when you’re far away from someone and don’t want to shout at the top of your lungs…
“There’s no sound I don’t like…they’re all good.” he shares in an interview with the New York Times.
They haven’t introduced him to bagpipes yet.
I cannot fucking wait for hearing loss to be something we completely, 100% tackle. I want to listen to LOUD ass music, ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, but if I do, I’ll lose the ability to hear it.
So I’m currently trying to figure out if this product that straps bass-speakers to your chest might help my obsession. :D
You might be forgetting that as you lose your hearing, you just get to listen to music LOUDER and LOUDER.
Does it include tinnitus as well?
No kidding. Would love to finally experience actual silence for a change.
Did you every try that temporary fix with your hands and the finger snapping?
I gave it a few tries before, but I must be doing it incorrectly or in a less than ideal fashion, as the effect never seem to last more than a couple of seconds for me.
