In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, it is stated, “you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” This project allowed me to follow the words of Harper Lee, receiving the opportunity to understand what it is like to have a mild conductive hearing loss. A conductive hearing loss is due to dysfunction of either the outer or middle ear. To understand an individual’s beliefs, feelings, and values a little bit better, I walked in their shoes for two days. I was able to experience some hardships that are a challenge for a person with a conductive hearing loss would face every day.
On the first day, I wore an earplug in only one ear for six …show more content…
I put the earplug in after the White Coat Ceremony. I went to an early dinner with my family and a friend’s family. We got seated at a big round table and I thought to myself this is great I can see everyone’s face and will be able to follow the conversation better than the night before. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Having a conversation with eight people was frustrating and exhausting. I found myself quieter than normal. When I was participating in the conversation, I learned that because I was clogged, it felt like I was talking louder than I was and began to lower my voice. This made it harder for other individuals to converse with me. Ordering my dinner was a very interesting experience. I do believe that being in a noisy restaurant was not a helpful contributing factor to my simulated hearing loss. I ordered a burger and the waitress response was “How would you like that done?” I used this as a chance to stimulate a conversation failure and ask her to repeat herself. She was annoyed, confused and probably thought, “Did she not comprehend me? Or did she not hear me? I continued to not hear her and eventually my mom answered for me, and the waitress walked away frustrated. I felt small all of a sudden. I felt as though my parent began to feel bad for the waitress and just answered for me. That was a learning moment for me if I truly had a hearing loss would my parents constantly have to be my telephone to …show more content…
Since I have a strong background in American Sign Language, at Macy’s, I went to the counter to make my return I signed to the cashier. At first, the cashier seemed puzzled and then came up with a solution to the communication barrier and she handed me a piece of paper to write down what I was trying to complete. I found this to be a great alternative, but it also invoked some curiosity within me. Would an individual in a deaf community appreciate the solution or would it offend them? As I continued throughout the mall, I entered another store and this time instead of signing to the cashier, I kept requesting him to speak louder. I tried to pretend that I was unable to hear him asking questions. The cashier got extremely frustrated and started to lose all positive customer service by being rude and insensitive. I was so annoyed by his behavior and although I was just doing a project, I learned that some people have to deal with obnoxious, uneducated, individuals every day that may use hurtful and harmful excuses to bring another individual
On the first day, I wore an earplug in only one ear for six …show more content…
I put the earplug in after the White Coat Ceremony. I went to an early dinner with my family and a friend’s family. We got seated at a big round table and I thought to myself this is great I can see everyone’s face and will be able to follow the conversation better than the night before. Unfortunately, I was wrong. Having a conversation with eight people was frustrating and exhausting. I found myself quieter than normal. When I was participating in the conversation, I learned that because I was clogged, it felt like I was talking louder than I was and began to lower my voice. This made it harder for other individuals to converse with me. Ordering my dinner was a very interesting experience. I do believe that being in a noisy restaurant was not a helpful contributing factor to my simulated hearing loss. I ordered a burger and the waitress response was “How would you like that done?” I used this as a chance to stimulate a conversation failure and ask her to repeat herself. She was annoyed, confused and probably thought, “Did she not comprehend me? Or did she not hear me? I continued to not hear her and eventually my mom answered for me, and the waitress walked away frustrated. I felt small all of a sudden. I felt as though my parent began to feel bad for the waitress and just answered for me. That was a learning moment for me if I truly had a hearing loss would my parents constantly have to be my telephone to …show more content…
Since I have a strong background in American Sign Language, at Macy’s, I went to the counter to make my return I signed to the cashier. At first, the cashier seemed puzzled and then came up with a solution to the communication barrier and she handed me a piece of paper to write down what I was trying to complete. I found this to be a great alternative, but it also invoked some curiosity within me. Would an individual in a deaf community appreciate the solution or would it offend them? As I continued throughout the mall, I entered another store and this time instead of signing to the cashier, I kept requesting him to speak louder. I tried to pretend that I was unable to hear him asking questions. The cashier got extremely frustrated and started to lose all positive customer service by being rude and insensitive. I was so annoyed by his behavior and although I was just doing a project, I learned that some people have to deal with obnoxious, uneducated, individuals every day that may use hurtful and harmful excuses to bring another individual