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Hello! A Person is Calling You Through Relay…
“…This is a relay operator X. Have you received a relay call before?” When people not familiar with deafness hears those words, they often hang up thinking it is telemarketing. It is not – phone relay services is what deaf/hoh people use to communicate with hearing parties ...
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Is Hearing Device a Magic Wand?
When looking at people using hearing devices (hearing aids and cochlear implants), don’t assume that they can hear and understand everything. It’s not like wearing eyeglasses that gives you 20/20 vision – even eyeglasses are not beneficial to people who are blind or have some se ...
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Bullying Inside the Deaf/HOH Community
Shanna Groves, the deaf author and speaker, has been writing a lot about stopping hearing loss bullying. Many of us deaf/hoh people have experienced bullying by hearing people, and most of it is usually done due to ignorance. What bothers me most is bullying INSIDE the deaf/hoh community. It̵ ...
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