Communicating With the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

I think it is important for the general public to be aware of communication issues many deaf and hard of hearing people often deal with. I think it is so important, that I will include here a list of all the posts I have written that are about these issues.

I encourage you to leave comments sharing your experiences and thoughts.

• He Needs an Interpreter? But, He Speaks Really Well!

• Being Tired and Stressed Makes it More Difficult to Hear

• Conversational Delay

• It is Clarity, Not Volume, that Matters

• Don't Look at the Interpreter, Look at Me

• You Never Listen

• Oh, You Have a Hearing Loss? OK, WELL, AS I WAS SAYING. .

• Communicating in a Foreign Country

• People With Typical Hearing Can Learn a Thing or Two From People With Deafness

• Beat Them to the Punch

• I Am Not Ignoring You!

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