Deaf Awareness in the workplace-4

Tip 4 - Hearing Loss 

Deaf people have different degrees of hearing loss and that hearing loss can seem to vary from day to day and from situation to situation. Deaf people who don´t turn around when called, are not ignoring you .... even if they seemed to hear better yesterday. Some Deaf people can hear and people who are hard-of hearing will be able to use a hearing aid. Individuals vary - so some people will be able to conduct a conversation through hearing if the surroundings are quiet but not in noisy situations nor where there are groups of people. Generally, you should not rely on their use of a hearing aid - make your communication as visual as possible.
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