"Quid pro quo, Clarice."
May. 29th, 2008 01:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nonethefewerOn the other hand, I don't want to lay claim to real disability stuff.
On one hand, though, I want to state outright, to anyone I talk to, that I am hard of hearing. That way, maybe they'll speak up, or talk to me rather than facing away from me, so I have a chance in hell of hearing them.
(I don't read lips, but it is so easier to get the gist of something if I can get as many inputs as possible.)
I mean, technically, I am hard of hearing. If you're facing away from me and blurring all your phonemes into one giant conversational clusterfuck, then it is hard for me to hear you.
On one hand, though, I want to state outright, to anyone I talk to, that I am hard of hearing. That way, maybe they'll speak up, or talk to me rather than facing away from me, so I have a chance in hell of hearing them.
(I don't read lips, but it is so easier to get the gist of something if I can get as many inputs as possible.)
I mean, technically, I am hard of hearing. If you're facing away from me and blurring all your phonemes into one giant conversational clusterfuck, then it is hard for me to hear you.
