tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post2807574181131843426..comments2024-03-27T23:42:36.619-05:00Comments on Mock Ramblings: Music Festivals and AbleismMichael Mockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-42104936147501607172012-05-24T23:14:41.501-05:002012-05-24T23:14:41.501-05:00I have a friend who grew up deaf. Technology event...I have a friend who grew up deaf. Technology eventually provided a solution to largely restore her hearing. Her description of the experience was "terror." She couldn't stand how everything made noise... things like her keys hitting against the steering column of her car. It was really fascinating. She doesn't have complete hearing yet, and told me that she wouldn't want it....Matt Mikalatoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279070118483678882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-91108724165296014092012-05-24T19:53:03.800-05:002012-05-24T19:53:03.800-05:00I have trouble hearing. I spend a lot of time cupp...I have trouble hearing. I spend a lot of time cupping my ears at people too. It's tiresome to say "what? huh?" all the time. It annoys people and it annoys myself. So I allow myself one "I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" per conversation and find myself accidentally agreeing to things I didn't want to agree to all too often. Because, like you said, my default is nod and smile and look friendly. Often, my brain is lagging a few seconds behind the conversation -- reading lips, trying to process bad auditory input, etc., so a few seconds after I've nodded and smiled my brain will put it all together and I'll realise I've just nodded and smiled and 'yeah'ed in answer to a self-deprecating statement like "you probably think I'm daft chattering on in this way".<br /><br />What people don't realise is that while repeating what you're saying helps, and slowing down a little can help, sometimes repeating makes it worse because I don't realise you're repeating what you've just said and so more and more words are being pushed onto my mental stack and I need someone to stop putting more words in to give my brain a chance to clear the queue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4446682073857250843.post-83923381276692673522012-05-24T11:54:32.484-05:002012-05-24T11:54:32.484-05:00I had a bad bad cold once which knocked out my hea...I had a bad bad cold once which knocked out my hearing for a week or more. Isolating is a very fine word for how I felt. People just stopped talking to me.<br />JennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com