Comments on: On Hearing Issues http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/08/16/on-hearing-issues/ blogging is not a spectator sport Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fintan http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/08/16/on-hearing-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-167002 Fintan Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:45:05 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/08/16/on-hearing-issues/#comment-167002 This is the sort of thing deaf and hard of hearing people put up with!!. Why be embarrassed and just nod your head?.. amazing why people do this... fair enough some have the confidance to aks to repeat themselves.. but sadly most of them don't! but what Michael Arrington experienced and the stupid comment does not surprise me though! But anyway interesting post :-) This is the sort of thing deaf and hard of hearing people put up with!!.
Why be embarrassed and just nod your head?.. amazing why people do this… fair enough some have the confidance to aks to repeat themselves.. but sadly most of them don’t!
but what Michael Arrington experienced and the stupid comment does not surprise me though!
But anyway interesting post :-)

]]> By: John Evans (Syntagma) http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/08/16/on-hearing-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-166739 John Evans (Syntagma) Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:05:52 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2007/08/16/on-hearing-issues/#comment-166739 You're not alone, Duncan. Most youngsters with iPods will end up with some hearing loss before they're 25. They could be called Generation DD for "deaf and dumb" -- video games and TV also reduce their ability to converse easily. Poor devils! You’re not alone, Duncan. Most youngsters with iPods will end up with some hearing loss before they’re 25. They could be called Generation DD for “deaf and dumb” — video games and TV also reduce their ability to converse easily. Poor devils!

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