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i second everything you said. my wife seems to forget that i'm half deaf. too many people think that if you'r deaf you are also stupid.You guys think you have it tough with accents?
Add in the fact that I am half deaf & that I have problems with fast speech (I have always had problems with processing words, especially when people talk fast). Add an accent on top of that and I am always telling people to slow down, speak clearly and sometimes - like yesterday, to turn their volume down because it distorts their voice. Worse is when they are soft spoken.
Which brings up something that annoys me; when people KNOW I have a hearing problem and do not even try to accommodate me by adjusting their speech and/or repeating what they said. Worse yet are the ones that get visibly annoyed and even worse, just give up and say "forget it". I had a few people at work who were like that - pissed me off.
Glad I don't have to deal with people on a daily basis anymore.