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  2021-02-19

  Professor Abusive Toward HoH Student in Online Class

  A professor is being placed on paid administrative leave after a viral video showed the instructor berating a student in front of the Zoom class.
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  2020-12-14

  Frustrations of Virtual Meetings Skit in ASL

  blakey_mx3 highlights the frustration of virtual meetings during lockdown in a comical skit.
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  2020-07-23

  I'm F*%!@d!

  @deafimmy is a Deaf Tik Tok creator who is posting hilarious videos on #Deaf life in lockdown and #deafculture! Check out this skit on reading lips during and after #coronavirus. 🤣 #captionsmatter #deaftiktok #lipreading Immy Nunn's Tik Tok: @deafimmy YouTube: ImImmy
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  2020-11-22

  I Lip Read Badge

  My ‘I Lip Read’ badges are still available. £3.75 including postage. DM me if you would like one or a few. They have really helped with people’s awareness. Once all this rubbish mask business is over these badges will be a good addition to a denim jacket or rucksack. #deafawareness #deafcommunity #deafacademy #ilipread #deafandproud #deafandcovid #selfhelp #makepeopleaware #dontstrugglealone #lipreadermask #lipreader #deafculturesorority
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  2020-07-03

  My Battle Call

  Reminders such as these have been circulating. Trying to help hearing people understand some challenges those in the Deaf world are facing right now. One of them being our inability to read lips and facial expressions. Many Deaf, deaf, HoH people have been shamed in public recently because we can not understand people wearing masks. Hearing people can be very rude shouting at us, "What are you deaf or something?!?" Well, yes sir I am!
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  2020-04-06

  How to Communicate with Those Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

  Communication is difficult for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.
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  2020-06-24

  Deaf man makes masks for Deaf and HoH

  The deaf, Deaf, HoH community are scrambling to get ahold of these masks with clear windows. It really only helps if everyone were to wear them, or at least family members and people who deal with the public. Also, side note: hearing-impaired is not PC! We prefer to be called HoH. I wish the reporter had done some research.
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  2020-06-26

  Government vital communication to deaf/Deaf/HoH community lacking

  One of the frustrations amung the deaf/Deaf/HoH communities is the governments communication during a crisis. Several times there is no sign interpreter available on screen while politicians are speaking. Sometimes there is no live CC available. A few times, fake interpreters are speaking gibberish during a live governmental press conference, putting the lives of many in the Deaf community at risk. There are millions of deaf/Deaf/HoH in the U.S. and I feel like the pandemic had swept our needs aside.
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  2020-06-26

  Backorder form for communicator surgical mask

  The demand for clear facemasks is high right now for both medical professionals and everyday people. It makes me happy to see that people even care that deaf, Deaf, or HoH can communicate. Unfortunately, many of us worry for our health if we were to become sick and need to go into the hospital right now. What about medical error from miscommunication? Pencil and pad of paper seem our best bet to not be misunderstood.
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  2020-06-13

  Do face masks make it more difficult to communicate?

  As someone who is Hard of Hearing, I worry about returning to work in the fall. I never realized how much I rely on lip and expression reading before now. With masks and zoom meetings I struggle to understand conversations that normally would be simple. I have hearing aids but unfortunately they do not help much when context clues are deprived. Soft spoken, mumblers, low voices are all drowned out into the background. I search peoples eyes for clues, are they laughing? Are they concerned? In my Deaf and HoH support group the threads are now saturated with frustrated people just venting. Something as simple as a trip to the grocery store now requires a pad and pencil while pointing to the ears repeating, "I cant hear you. Let me write it down. I am Hard of Hearing/Deaf. Sorry. Sorry." While people behind you get irritated. I have thought about getting a neon shirt to wear at the store with the words, "I am Hard of Hearing, I can't hear you!" In zoom meetings I can see peoples faces. It provides context I miss so much. But I have low-frequency hearing loss so the voices of men are blurry at best. Arizona State University has a fantastic disability resource center and they have started providing me with a captioner who attends classes with me and transcribes for me live. I don't always need her but it has been nice not having to message classmates through a class to ask what was missed. This is a new world for many deaf/Deaf/HoH who are my age. We have always had ways to work around our disability. Now masks and technology are depriving us of coping skills we relied on.