#hearing impaired

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

“alt text for more info” “turn on cations for more info” no actually this is not where more info goes. These have a very distinct purpose. There are plenty of other places for more info. If you’re going to make your post inaccessible, the least you could do is not use accessibility tools at your own leisure for whatever purpose you see fit.

[vizreef]

Telex Corporation C1 // Audio Book Player with variable pitch and speed options (US, 1980s)

[gabbagepatch]

Having subjective symptoms is very isolating because there is no way for others to witness what you're going through. They just have to trust you and you have to trust them to believe you. I know everyone in my life believes it, but they don't get it. I expressed to my therapist that I feel that all of these symptoms begin rattling around in my head and it creates a barrier between me and others.

My world: hurting, trying not to show it, coping with pain, fearful, etc

Their world: normal, uneventful, happy evening

It's very difficult to have something happening to you that nobody else can see.

[todayontumblr]

Saturday, September 23.

International Day of Sign Languages.

It is Saturday, September 23, but it is no mere Saturday, September 23. It is International Day of Sign Languages, no less. This one is for the deaf community, the hard of hearing the mute, the semi-speaking, the hearing impaired. For all those, in fact, under this wide and vibrant umbrella, we wish you a very happy IDSL, today and every day.

The day's commemoration, in a nutshell, via the United Nations:

The International Day of Sign Languages is a unique opportunity to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. During the 2023 celebration of the International Day of Sign Languages, the world will once again highlight the unity generated by our sign languages. Deaf communities, governments, and civil society organizations maintain their collective efforts - hand in hand - in fostering, promoting, and recognizing national sign languages as part of their countries’ vibrant and diverse linguistic landscapes. 

Wishing you a happy celebration folks across Tumblr's rich and talented sign language community. Thank you, folks, and enjoy the weekend.

[luaiii]

Y'all remember when YouTube had community made captions? Yeah me too

Why the fuck did they get rid of it. One of the reasons was apparently that it wasn't used much. What the fuck. That's the shittiest reason I've ever heard in my goddamn life

The automated captions have gotten okay, but they have issues with the same shit I have issues with

I have severe hearing loss. It's difficult to hear anything with my hearing aids off. Why the FUCK would you get rid of my accessibility because it wasn't used much. That's not accessibility works, morons

That being said, huge shoutout to creators who DO add captions to their videos. I love y'all.

[1elouise]

A Selective Hearing Scene in the Next Chapter

Branch: Spruce- Bruce: actually, it's Bruce now. Branch *not being able to read the different pronunciation between Bruce and Spruce*: ...Spruce? Bruce: No, my name is Bruce now. Branch: ... Is that not what I said? Bruce: What? Branch: What?

[jack-crow-lantern]

I lost my hearing aide so in an effort to not explain myself every waking moment, I made a patch to put on my clothes.

[fortunatefires]

There's a kpop group debuting in which all of them are hearing impaired and I'm so excited for them! Their group name is Big Ocean and they are debuting april 20th, I'm not only excited for them personally but for the visibility and representation this will give to disabled people in Korea

[gentleeclipsey]

@theonceandfuturetrollhunter Jackie wants to help Jim decorate his hearing aids a bit! She feels like a blue star will go well with the blue he has already!

[glittergothgirlie]

it’s exhausting as fuck being disabled. people don’t take you seriously or get mad at you for things that are out of your control..

my hearing has been bad recently too and everyday life is getting a bit harder… :( idk. just needed to rant somewhere. having conversations can be tough or listening to lectures in class even when i’m in the front row.. :/

[yourdailyqueer]

Hoshi (Mathilde Gerner)

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 14 September 1996  

Ethnicity: White - French

Occupation: Singer, songwriter, musician

Note: Has Meniere's disease which contributed to hearing loss

[chronicsymptomsyndrome]

Barbie 2023 with asl <3

[ikarwawa]

I just had an idea for a novel and I so badly wanna write it but I'm worried it might be offensive?

I have visual issues but I wouldn't say I'm visually impaired because the issues are (mostly) fixed by glasses. I wanna write a historical fantasy novel with an MC with the same vision and hearing issues I have but idk seems almost... appropriation in a way?

She wouldn't be blind nor deaf, cause I'm not I just have issues here and there, but having a character with vision and hearing issues that isn't blind or deaf feels almost like a cop out?

I'm probably being an anxious goof but I got really excited to put pen to paper my disabled experience 🙃 but there's no nearly enough novels about blind or deaf characters so it almost feels like it would be a disappointment/taking away from people? If I do end up writing it, I'll see if I can hire sensitivity readers.

[gabbagepatch]

Listen guys, you don't need to look nice to go outside. Your health is more important than appearances.

I just went on a walk in my pajamas, greasy hair in a shitty bun, acne, and a pair of new balance sneakers. Cars passed by and I said hi to everyone who passed. Did I feel self-conscious? Of course, but it was worth it.

Now I feel a lot better, because I didn't A. Overextend by forcing myself to shower/get dressed/put on concealer beforehand or B. Avoid doing anything because I felt like a mess.

Go outside and be however you are. It's not your job to look good to random strangers, you deserve to go outside.

[thecorvidforest]

i really miss when people used to put more effort into their captions, especially on youtube. it seems like ever since captions became auto-generated, most people stopped putting in any effort towards making sure they’re accurate. even in videos with multiple speakers and no facecam there will be no specification in the captions of who’s speaking, no audio description, no punctuation, and so many words just completely wrong. i miss accurate captions

[brokenfoxproductions]

So I found out today that the judge that ruled in my eviction case has a bad reputation of being really nasty to members of the LGBT community and disabled people, which kind of checks out considering how she treated me.

She purposely and aggressively misgendered me despite the fact that I actually have my legal gender updated (just not my legal name changed) even after her clerk and receptionist went out of her way to be respectful and to match the pronouns that go with my legal gender (and whenever I showed up, she actually asked me if my name was my partner's legal name, and she was extremely shocked to realize that I was transgender and not a cisgender man).

I mentioned to her that I was hearing impaired and that I have a neurological disorder that affects my speech, but she refused to allow me to have any type of interpreter or accessibility device, and even refused to allow me to review the typed transcript of what was being said in the courtroom so that I could understand what was going on.

She caused me to have a dissociative episode during the hearing because she screamed at my face as loud as she could at one point and allowed my landlords to scream at me during multiple points before finally shutting them down whenever my landlord started acting like she was going to physically harm me, and I explained to her that I didn't understand what was going on and that I was dissociating, but she refused to allow me to get a continuance or to reschedule, causing me to black out during several points whenever I was supposed to be testifying. I explained to her at one point whenever I was kind of lucid that I didn't understand what was going on and that I couldn't properly think of any of my prepared questions or anything that I had brought as evidence because I was dissociating in and out, but she still would not allow me to come back and testify later or to make any type of accommodations.

Today I found out from someone who had seen online reviews and discussion about this judge that, apparently, she did the same thing to an intellectually disabled gentleman (refuse to accommodations and refuse to allow him to come back whenever he was able to get an attorney or someone else who was able to explain things to him) and someone who was completely deaf who requested an ASL interpreter and was denied (I am only unilaterally deaf, so I still have some hearing, but not enough for me to have fully understood everything that was going on there without some type of transcript or having someone write it down for me. I don't use ASL, but apparently even if I did, it would not have been available to me).

I want to make a complaint to the state but they don't have judges or district justices listed on the law board's complaint website, so I have to call back tomorrow during business hours and file a complaint over the phone.

It might sound stupid but I was so busy catastrophizing and being upset over what was going on that it didn't really occur to me that I was treated badly because of my disability or because of me being queer, I just figured that the judge was a cunt because she's a cunt, but the more other people pointed out to me the more I realize that she treated me like shit and gave me a really harsh and negative judgment because of her own personal beliefs on people like me, which is really fucked up and shouldn't happen if you're a judge or otherwise work in the legal system.

So yeah please make sure to do a little bit of research before you go to court to find out if you actually need extra help like an advocate or an attorney, even if it's a civil matter, because accessibility and basic human decency isn't always approved by the court depending on who the judge is and how much of a dick they want to be.