This is 2008, people still don't get it!?

first let me said this...i am deaf man.


so many people don't understanding deaf people , all those people who are not deaf and they treat us like hamsters.


crazy doctors today, trying to figure out how make deaf people become hearing.


can they leave us alone?


i know lot of doctor making money for that but are we hamsters?


this starting make me don't want hanging hearing people no more.


again....it no matter what deaf people come from, we all are people but .....if they don't know what is like to be deaf then don't treat us like hamsters!


one more thing i am proud that more deaf people are growing faster than ten years ago.


deaf people live in america is about far more than kentuckians people live in ky.


and they still don't understand us.

This is 2008, people still don't get it!?
I sympathize with the way you feel and I understand what you are saying but to advance science doctors do have to experiment and hopefully one day there will be no deaf people because doctors would be able to repair hearing maybe from birth. I do not agree with you when you say you are proud that there are more deaf people. I am sorrry there are more deaf people because it is hard just living without a hearing problem so I know it doubles with a hearing problem. I would not wish any life adversities on anyone. But , hang in there and remember you have a friend in me.
Reply:I just want to add a thought for you that can either be taken good or bad but I am hoping for good. It's hard to interact with a deaf person because the barrier of language and feeling bad because they are deaf and you are not. I hate sounding like I can't identify but you have to understand that as someone who can hear I have a disability that you don't have and I would be very scared if I lost my ability to hear...so I feel bad not only because you can't hear but also because it's one of the senses I use the most and you don't have that option. That makes it very hard for those of us who can hear. Please don't think that I am making light of the fact that you can't hear because I have come across people who cannot hear and it actually hurts me that I can't interact. I know you are just as intelligent as anyone who can hear but it's the barrier of trying to communicate that makes it awkward. Clearly those of us with all of our senses have no idea what it's like not having one or more of them and we identify with the loss but have no idea how to interact without making a deal of the fact that you can't hear our words. It's the superficiality of having all of our senses with the idea of losing any of them that make us seem like we don't identify with you. In a way it can be compared to going to a country that doesn't speak your language and trying to communicate without them having any understanding of your language. Please don't be upset...I respect everyone and try my best to understand how they feel but this is just my perspective and I hope you encounter more people who are open and don't treat you like an idiot or hamster. I will say that when I do encounter a deaf person I talk clearly and hope that they read lips but if they don’t, I don’t know what to do beyond making hand gestures that make me feel like I am treating them like a child which is something I don’t want to do. I would like some examples of how I could handle it better.
Reply:You are completely right.
Reply:Dear edoedo





I am sorry that you are worrying so much about this problem.





You have a different perspective from people who have been able to hear all their lives.





When we start to lose our hearing we know what we will miss, all the wonderful bird song here in the UK and I am sure in the US too.





People who have been profoundly deaf here in the UK do have some amazing kit fitted which does really give them a new dimension to their lives.





I have invigilated fairly recently for a lovely, profoundly deaf young lady and I only know the odd bit of sign language, I just felt it would have been so nice to be actually able to talk to her in a natural way as I can with other students.





I suppose it is true that what you've never had you don't miss but more of us would like to be able to communicate normally but don't share your language. xx
Reply:You need to forget about all those people! My boyfriend is deaf and gets that kind of crap all the time, about how he should get cochlear implants or fibre-optic whatever, cause then he could be "normal". A lot of times people we meet think he is retarded because he talks funny or doesn't understand what they're saying (before they figure out he can't hear them). Those people are stupid, and ignorant, but they can't force him to get his hearing fixed, so he isn't like a hamster at all. Neither are you. If you don't want to hear then you don't have to, all those doctors trying to fix deafness are doing it because there are some deaf people out there who really want to hear, whatever it takes. Those doctors are doing a good thing for those people. Don't let it bother you so much.
Reply:You know you are right. It is inexcusable the way that hearing impaired and deaf people are treated. I am a registered nurse. I will admit that thought the years I have learned very little sign language. I can say thank you and you are welcome.We use word boards for our deaf elderly patients(I work in a very large nursing home and rehab center). As the supervisor of the building I also use a dry erase board that I make sure is in each room when a deaf rehab patient or resident moves into our facility. I have learned much from my deaf clients and the MAIN thing that I have learned is Deaf does NOT equal DUMB. God bless you and you stay real to who you are. WE are the ones who need to adapt, not you. God speed.
Reply:Dude, I'm mild deaf aswel.. it makes it hard to understand other people and I'm having to lipread, so i know exactly how you feel, the doctors are trying to make a better life for us by helping us, surely you would appreciate that? hearing aids is what our cure is at the moment, not to make it better, but to hear better then what we hear now, but as you said, your deaf.. why are you letting it get you down? they are not thinking we are hamsters they are just trying to provide us a better life, if you dont want that help, dont ask, it's simple as that, i sometimes get left out when i can't hear what people are saying but I'm still positive, my sense of humour inspires people, and for once, i never let it get me down, its part of me, and whoever cant see that, then it's their loss. so cheer up!