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Here are some questions/comments that I've been asked over the years:


"Why do you wear hearing aids?"

"How did you become deaf?"

"Do you know sign language?"

"Can you read my lips?"

"You're deaf/HoH, how come you can't sign?"

"I feel sorry for you"

"OMG, you're so lucky!  You can just turn off your hearing aids and ignore everyone"

"Forget it, I'm not going to repeat myself"

"Nevermind"  <--- so classic!

"Wow, you're deaf but you're SO smart?!  How come?"

"Stop complaining Sabiya, apply to ANY job.  Here's the jobs that are hiring: (proceeds to list mostly hearing only jobs or "office" jobs that are in very noisy environments).... are you lazy?"

"Why are you working?/Why do you want to work?  Just apply for Disability and never work again"

"Can you hear this?  .. WHAT?!  How can you NOT hear it?" (my husband is guilty of saying this sometimes, even if he raises the volume really high)

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"I don't understand why people treat you differently, you're deaf/HoH, not stupid" (proceeds to treat me with kid gloves any way)

"How can you drive if you can't hear the fire trucks or ambulances?"

"Why don't you get the disabled licence plate and use the disabled parking space?"

"What country are you from?  You have a weird accent"

"Is your girlfriend mentally challenged?  She speaks weird" (this was said to my then-bf, now husband, by his 'friend', he didn't apologize but he never mentioned my speech ever again once everyone ripped on him for picking on a deaf girl LOL)



I think that's it for now :lol:


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