Mocking Hearing Inpaired

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To be quite shocked that after a member of the public had posted that they had found a hearing aid and hoped to re-unite it with it's owner.. Our local school's SEN teacher commented 'Pardon?'

I'd definitely report them to the police.

I'd definitely report them to the police.

On what crime, exactly? Being an insensitive twat? Making a tired old, disablist joke? This isn't a police matter. DH is an officer and this just... Isn't.

However I hundred percent agree with OP. This wasn't funny and if nothing else, was very stupid of her given it's social media and she's a SEN teacher!

laura is right

I'm hearing impaired and have lost count of the amount of times people have said "pardon" or "what" when i've told them. I've had people shout it in my ear too. Not once has it made me laugh. It is boring, annoying and offensive.

I have had 20 years of defending and sticking up for Wilf because of his deafness. Recently in London when he was being a little bit noisy on the tube a drunk man kicked him on the foot and told him to be quiet. Suffice to say by the time I had shouted at him and Wilf wailed at him and and whole carriage was reduced to silence. He tried to defend himself cue another onslaught from me. He then went quiet till he got off!!!!

"People who use it seem to think they are the first people to have thought of it."

Yy. It's the same people who say "ha, do you need a license for that thing" re my wheelchair.

It's not funny. I hear it every day from people who think they are the first to ever say it.

Tedious and annoying.

What really yanks my chain is the number of TV programs / DVDs with no or poor subtitles. Add to this pointless background music

Yes!!!!! They are much better now days. Most tv programs have subtitles but some channels don't and I can't watch them. I can't watch live programs either. I know it's impossible to pre-subtitle them but I can't sit there watching them type the subtitles in as it runs. It's annoying because they keep correcting themselves. I end up missing so much. I don't understand any jokes, I don't understand any questions or comments and I end up getting fed up and turning it over. Even DVDs, I still have to check they are subtitled compatible. Most are fine. The occasional one is still behind the times and I have to reject it even if I really want to watch it

I've seen it on here, and I've had it on here, and it's almost seen as a sign of weakness when someone tears your spelling, punctuation or grammar apart instead of your actual argument without considering the difficulties or disabilities that lead to mistakes in the first place. I've had it all since school, and my deafness is still taken advantage of and ridiculed by people, mainly in the workplace, who should know better.

I try to cheer myself up about poor subtitles on live TV by collecting silly ones I have seen :-
Gay Tory ducks - instead of migratory ducks on a news item about bird flu. This conjures up a picture of a mallard with a braying Etonian voice being caught on Hamstead Heath and saying " my wife and ducklings are standing by me."
Squeaky bum time - no idea what this random phrase had to do with the EU referendum.
Also why do they often refuse to give subtitles for naughty words. I'm deaf not four years old!

Yes! If they can say it, you can spell it.

NeedA I don't understand what you mean

I'd love to do the subtitles on Question Time.

You could literally just write "Tory bollocks", "Labour bollocks", "Eddie Izzard bollocks" and "incoherent shouting" and you'd be done.

Boo if they can say it on TV, it should be written in the subtitles.

NeedA I don't understand what you mean

Which bit? The if you can say it you can spell it??
It's a reply to someone who mentioned swearing is sometimes * out. So the person on tv can fuck but subtitles will say f*k

Oh that bit! I see what you mean now. Yes, I agree, though subtitles are sometimes quite amusing, especially with live news.

Glad you understood that cos I just reread and realised I missed out several words

Sorry

Did you hear the one about the Englishman, Irishman and scot? Ok it characterises the Irishman as a fucking idiot but that's ok, I'm part Irish and my dad thinks these racist jokes are funny so all is ok then?

What about jokes about blonde women - ok, the premise is their stupid and a bit slutty. But I know a blonde, and she is a woman. Funny?

What about jokes about children with downs syndrome. My cousin has downs syndrome and he laughs at himself all the time - is that ok here?

To all those saying "but I'm deaf/ partners deaf and its the sort of thing I say/ laughed at" so it's fine. Are you ok approaching your black friends/ neighbours and making a joke about how they can't be seen when it's dark? Because Chris Rock made a gag about his experience and this was his punchline once whilst being satirical? Is that ok?

Thanks for your comment Mrs. I am wondering if it is 'mild and tedious' though. If some hearing impaired people are saying they find it offensive. Would we joke about someone who couldn't walk or couldn't see? I really think it is outdated 'humour'.

I don't think any of them are OK Tearing in this day and age and I think most sane adults are aware of that. I am unsure why having a disability relating to your ears is argued by some hearing people to be fair game for ridicule.

It's peurile, laboured, overused and unfunny.

However, I do find it somewhat ironic that you refer to D/deaf/hoh people as "hearing impaired" throughout, OP.

That term gets a lot of backs up in Deaf world.