Hi, I've recently introduced myself as a newbie to the forum - as a carer for my other half who is disabled. I've come across this category about sensory impairment and thought that I'd just share some of my own views.
I'm moderately to severely hearing impaired (across all tones and pitches in both ears) and have been using hearing aids for the past four years. To be honest, it never even occurred to me that I am disabled, strange as that may sound.
Sometimes when I can't hear people and tell them that I'm struggling through deafness, some of them start to talk to me as if I were a child and they talk very slowly, stretching their mouths into such weird shapes and that it makes it even worse. To cap it all, some people turn their heads away and start to talk - I need to read lips! My other half is a culprit of this.
Wearing masks during the pandemic was awful - I could neither hear properly nor see to read lips.
I'd love to hear from others who have hearing problems
