Who is really afraid of communicating to who? Is it a deaf person who fear communicating to a hearing person? Hard of hearing person who fear communicating to a deaf person? Or a hearing person who has a fear of communicating to a deaf person? Where does this fear lie? Why does this happen? Who exhibits this terrifying fear of communicating? Scared to strike up some real conversations when there is no real communication access? Why wait for an interpreter if there's an alternative way to communicate? Is it a fear of communication or a lack of understanding? How do you categorize yourself as? Are you an extrovert? Introvert? Shy? Weak? Is it "communiphobia" (fear of communicating) you have? Is this something you notice in other people? Tell me your thoughts!
3 comments:
When I first went deaf I hadn't the confidence to engage with hearing or other deaf. I had to hit rock bottom before I then decided I would engage no matter how hard it was. But I concentrated on engaging with hearing not deaf people mostly, which was a life saver.... Hearing were the devil I knew !
Good questions!
Fear of listening is part of it.
Communicating means relating too - fear of forming a new meaningful relationship; fearing (rationally or not) new obligations perhaps? e.g. having enough time to listen and understand?
Guest blog with the CCAC one day soon?
cheers,
LS/CCAC
Mike,
I thought UbiDuo Communication System's commerical/video is hilarious, but does have a valid point about communication deficiencies among with the Deaf and Hearing. I do pose a question: Is there a system that can provide the converstation between mutli-parties such as if a Deaf person may be the only person at the party while the majority are Hearing? For example, all of the people can join together to allow the Deaf person to feel part of the party rather than being single out in a Hearing gathering? I know we teleconferencing programs, but not for regular party environment. Is there any? Just curious. Thanks.
WisDeaf
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