Communications Frustration Over the course of four hours I was able to experience some of the hard times deaf and hard of hearing people go through. I chose my four hours strategically, I wanted to experience particularly important things I do in my life. In some cases, I felt as though it went really well. The first hour and a half I chose to do during my track practice. I talked a head of time with my coach to make sure he was okay with it. I showed up to practice with a whiteboard and expo marker to help, a little more so, with the communication barrier. I sat it next to him and started my warm ups. Throughout the practice my coach left the whiteboard exactly where had originally set it and gestured the things I had to fix. If I did not
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We got to experience trying to communicate with a waiter who did not know American Sign Language (ASL). We ended up just pointing at the things we wanted, but he seemed very confused about the whole situation and continues to trying and ask us questions. Throughout dinner we used ASL to communicate with each other. Which went well, until we did not know the sign for a word and had to look it up or use a similar sign that we already know. I was self conscious and worried going into it, mostly because I try to avoid bringing attention to myself. So the constant staring was a little uncomfortable to me, but it was …show more content…
After practice with my coach I decided to drive back to campus and I tried started my car, but I couldn’t hear it start so I just held it. Which I finally realized it started after the second or third time of trying, that was pretty scary because I thought my car broke down again. It really opened my eye to the fact that deaf and hard of hearing people cannot hear when their car is having a problem like hearing people. They cannot hear when their car does not start, the alternator fails, or they need an oil change. After the struggle of just turning my car on, I became very cautious of my surroundings. Constantly checking for lights and movements that I did not
We got to experience trying to communicate with a waiter who did not know American Sign Language (ASL). We ended up just pointing at the things we wanted, but he seemed very confused about the whole situation and continues to trying and ask us questions. Throughout dinner we used ASL to communicate with each other. Which went well, until we did not know the sign for a word and had to look it up or use a similar sign that we already know. I was self conscious and worried going into it, mostly because I try to avoid bringing attention to myself. So the constant staring was a little uncomfortable to me, but it was …show more content…
After practice with my coach I decided to drive back to campus and I tried started my car, but I couldn’t hear it start so I just held it. Which I finally realized it started after the second or third time of trying, that was pretty scary because I thought my car broke down again. It really opened my eye to the fact that deaf and hard of hearing people cannot hear when their car is having a problem like hearing people. They cannot hear when their car does not start, the alternator fails, or they need an oil change. After the struggle of just turning my car on, I became very cautious of my surroundings. Constantly checking for lights and movements that I did not