#ASL I'm the person you want to cook for a party. I'll go early, set things up and put things away later.
I'm NOT the person you want at the party unless it's a bunch of HoH or deaf people. Noisy environments are killers for the hard of hearing.
I got up and walked away while they were banging boxes of jingle bells as a game. What game? Got me.
The people who know I don't hear well can't remember. Even the person who teaches ASL.
People wonder why I almost never go to parties.
@J_Windrow Please forgive me if this is a dumb or insensitive question. I truly mean no offense. Why would you be uncomfortable at a loud party? Hearing people might not be able to hear and understand one another, but wouldn't you read lips as well as if it were silent? Some deaf people have trouble speaking understandably, which might be worse with noise, but the same goes for people with a strong accent. Clearly I'm missing something.
@walterbays #ASL you're talking about an entire range of issues. I'm HoH but sometimes functionally deaf.
It's incredibly hard for me to cope in a noisy environment. I don't go out to eat, I insist on accommodations at meetings.
I also think it's rude if you know someone can't hear and no accommodation is made. It's an invisible disability so burying us in sound is like taking the cane from a blind person.
https://www.healthyhearing.com/report/52807-Hearing-loss-and-listening-fatigue