THE TOP TEN THINGS HEARING PEOPLE SAY OR DO THAT UPSET HEARING IMPAIRED PEOPLE:


Pearl Feder
(and the members of the SWC World list)
Copyright 2002


10: I don't think you're hearing what I'm saying.

9: Are you wearing your hearing aid today?

8: How come you're not hearing everything I'm saying if you're wearing your hearing aid?

7: Do you really have a hearing loss or is it that you're not paying attention to me?

6: Whats a matter? You deaf or something?

5: You hear what you want to hear when you want to hear it.

4: They speak to us in the bathroom, do they think we have better hearing in the bathroom stall?

3: You're not listening again!

2: The Internist (Dr) you've been going to for 25 years knows you're hearing impaired and still doesn't look at you when he speaks.

and the #1 thing we hate most, is when hearing people say to us...........

"NEVER MIND. IT'S NOT IMPORTANT."


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