Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM via Zoom
Presenter: Debbie Jones, Resource and Technology Manager, NVRC
Nowadays, folks use their mobile devices for everything: phone calls, messaging, searching the Internet, participating in meetings. It’s important to learn about the apps and features your mobile device might have available to you. Debbie Jones, NVRC's Technology Manager, will discuss various apps and features that you can use to stay connected with the world around you.
A - I was born deaf. I grew up not understanding all these doctor terminology. Now, I am a Native ASL user. I prefer to have an interpreter who understands ASL. My primary doctor today, does not believe I am Deaf. He likes to strike me back not respecting me. I have no other doctor who is knowlabe meeting Deaf, like myself. I have had some wonderful doctors in the past who is able get-along with me and my interpreter. There have been a few docotor’s offices in the past whom will not provide me an interpreter. I just don’t go to their offices. I give my friends a bad reputation for the doctors whom are bad and good. I understand doctor termenlogy the fact I am grown up intelleigent women with many college degrees. Thank you.
J.C.G.
A - CART. I have recently experienced a shift at GW to providing Video Relay Services but this is not acceptable to me as an accommodation. I am not that proficient in sign and do not prefer remote which cannot capture all that is going on in an exam room.
Bonnie Ryan
A - Writing back and forth is my preferred method of communication but only if the Doctor is patient; otherwise, via an interpreter. (PSE)
Rachel Bavister
A - I wear my hearing aids all the time. Additionally, if I have a problem understanding the doctor because he or she speaks too rapidly or has an accent then I remind them that I have a hearing loss and ask them to speak so that I can hear them. Only once did I have a problem asking this of a doctor who sighed heavily in response and then repeated everything he said in a VERY loud voice. It was so loud that my ears hurt while he was speaking. I never went back!
JMW
A - Voice, face to face, listening plus lipreading.
no name
A - After telling "them" I have a hearing loss, talking one on one, face to face, works fine. Once in a while, with a medical person having accented or rapid-fire speech, I need to ask him/her to repeat or slow down. Medical personnel have always been fine about communicating with me. This has been my M.O. all my life.
MCY
A- A live living person interpreter. What else is there? That monitor that hospitals and some doctors use sux but will do in a pinch. Thank you.
Jack
A- Overall, pretty good. Of course you have to do a lot of speed reading.
My preference for communication access in meetings are ASL interpreter and CART
Doctors offices or hospital either ASL interpreter or high quality VRI
no-name
A- Live ( in person). Interpreter.
MAB
A- It varies. For medical procedures, I definitely want an interpreter. For appointments with physicians, I predict direct communications. My primary care physician— and others in the same system —prints out a summary for me at the end of appointments. For brief interactions, speech reading and, if that fails, writing. For meetings with more than one person, interpreter..
MMB
A 1) ASL interpreters 2) Translator app 3) Write on a paper.
no-name
A- For any type of meeting, event, large gathering, etc., I prefer a loop system or other ALD, as I am hard of hearing. Doctor's offices and one-on-one appointments are not a problem. Thanks for asking!!.
WKE
A- I prefer to communicate for myself for appointments. However, if it's a major appointment or surgery, then I will get an ASL Interpreter!.
7 Tips for communicating with a person who has a hearing loss
1) Face the person
2) Make sure you aren't chewing gum or food
3) Don't stand in front of bright light
4) Speak clearly and at a comfortable pace
5) Rephrase or Repeat if they don't understand you
6) If there is background noise try moving to a quieter location
7) Smile and be patient
METRO DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Civil Rights has released a new communication tool that will ease communication between law enforcement and individuals who are deaf or have partial hearing loss.
Supported by statewide law enforcement organizations — including the Michigan State Police, the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association and the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police — the communication card is designed to be stored on a sun visor, in a bag or backpack, or on a passenger seat for easy use.
One side of the card notifies law enforcement that the person is either deaf or has partial hearing loss. It offers quick tips to facilitate communication, including, but not limited to, “Get my attention first,” “Make eye contact when you speak,” and “I cannot lip-read everything you say.”
Huffington Post - The Blog by Shari Eberts
06/14/2016
Those of us with hearing loss must sometimes rely on those with normal hearing to help us have better conversations and more successful interactions with the hearing world. See my post on this topic here. But we must also take responsibility for stacking the deck in our own favor. By following some simple rules of thumb, we can put ourselves in a better position to hear and communicate as best as is possible. Here are my tips. Please share yours in the comments.
SIX STEPS THOSE WITH HEARING LOSS CAN TAKE TO SUCCEED WITH COMMUNICATIONS
1. Be assertive and inform others: Don’t be shy about disclosing your hearing loss. If someone does not know . . . Read More . . . 1-6 Six Steps
Author - Dr. Hull is professor of communication sciences and disorders, in audiology/neuroscience, at Wichita State University in Wichita, KS.
Nonverbal communication can be more powerful—and even more influential—than what we say with words, and can have a tremendous impact on our success as hearing health care professionals.
Experts in interpersonal communication have estimated that nonverbal communication constitutes approximately 70 percent of what is involved in communication. In other words, only about 30 percent of communication involves the actual words that we use. Placing the impact of nonverbal communication at 93 percent has been deemed a little high, however, so a safer level is thought to be around 80 percent—which is still quite an impressive figure. This means that only 20 percent of the impact of our communication is from the words that we use.