So I finally managed to watch #CODA tonight. Friends and colleagues had told me I’d love it. I did, but not because I’m #deaf.
It’s depicts an experience so different to my own that I felt almost like a hearing person watching it. I’m not #Deaf, I’m deaf. My parents and brothers are hearing. I was always just slightly out of sync.
I loved the humour, love and sexiness of the Deaf characters though - refreshing!
But it made me think about my own kids. They have to feel free to fly the nest.
@anathema_device I haven’t seen Sound of Metal….but it sounds like one I should see. Again, from the reviews it’s not my experience of being deaf. But there is obviously more than one d/Deaf story to be told.
As for CODA being ‘sentimental tosh’, yes it was heartfelt and would appeal to teenagers due to age of characters. But I think it brilliantly captures the frustrations and humour of growing up in a Deaf family. It could have been mawkish…but it wasn’t.
Think, those things that let you feel #morsecode tactilely, I'm not sure what they're called. Also things that blink CW, radios that talk or are easy to attach #braille labels too, etc? You get the idea.
@KC1PYT Radios that talk ... well. that exists. Especially in the 2m/70cm FM or DMR handheld area.
I have some cheap Comtex one, from years ago. And it has a mode where it morses the keypresses. I guess the double as expensive japanese one have tgst as well.
And for Kenwood ham gear a VGS1 makes them talk. That one I found with a quick Google search ... which makes me wonder if you did that before posting?
The german ham club distributes gus monthly magazine CQ/DL also as pure HTML (for readers) and in "daisy" format. Certainly other ham clubs in other countries have the same/similar courtesy?
That's so far mostly for blind people. If you're deaf, then you can use gsm gear with waterfall display and things like RTTY, PSK, JT65 etc etc etc.
likely have #ADHD and #autism but undiagnosed right now
i dabble a bit in #embedded (and a lot more not-embedded) programming with #rustlang
i take #photos from time to time, #photography is certainly one of my hobbies and i'll likely post some of my photos here (please let me know if i forget to add alt text)
#skiing from time to time as well (wish i could do it more but alas)
most of my time is spent behind a computer running #linux (i use arch btw)
originally migrated to linux for #privacy reasons and now love it for so many reasons, all of my systems run linux (except for my mobile devices on #iOS)
you might also see me talking about being #deaf with #CochlearImplants (which i like to say makes me a #cyborg) from time to time
So then: iOS can tell if you've been listening to loud audio for long enough to affect your hearing. However, this will be completely off base if you have any kind of hearing loss. So, Apple, if you feel like adding in small tweaks to current features that will make them more usable to more people, add in a hard of hearing mode that either uses more inclusive measuring threshholds, or that allows us to turn off measuring completely.
Yes, headphone notifications are completely turned off. I am really deaf at the moment post failed right ear grommet insertion and my Bose NC700S are almost maxed out when adjusted to my volume and balance needs. If I listen to anything that's even a little bit quiet, I'm stuck. #HardOfHearing#Deaf#DeafBlind#iOS#A11Y#Accessibility#Inclusion#Design
@ladymunch I can relate to this. Because of my #ChronicIllness, I can't exercise the way others can, but I have an #AppleWatch for health tracking purposes. I've found ways to use the move and stand rings, but because the exercise ring wants a 30-minute brisk walk or similar vigorous exercise, I can't use it. There's no way to turn it off or adjust it though. There are a lot of ways #Apple could make the #AppleWatch more useful to #ChronicallyIll people, and I'd love to see them happen.
@RareBird_15@ladymunch I would love more ways to customize goal-setting on the watch, but for the move and exercise rings, you can adjust!
On the watch (in watchOS 10), tap on the graph icon on the Rings screen in the Fitness app. Scroll to the bottom, and tap “Change Goals”. I do this on some rest days to keep Rings going. I wish there was a way to schedule these changes, but it only takes a few seconds.
As most of you know in moderately to severely deaf and I like to campaign to improve communication with deaf and HoH, and the hearing world. So I was really delighted when a friend sent these to me #deaf#disability Proud to be deaf
I was just reading about the emotional impact of hearing loss and how demeaning it is to be described as ‘hearing impaired’.
The post asked for people to think of the other things they may be in life - an aunty, neighbour, friend, co-worker etc instead of dwelling on hearing loss. But it was written ‘hearingloss’ which I now can’t unread as ‘hearing gloss’.
‘Gloss’ is positive, yet admits skipping over things, which I inadvertently do as I’m a #deaf mum, sister and activist. Happy mistake!
If you are having a conversation with a #deaf person, you may well find them nodding along and agreeing to almost all of what you say…I’m not saying we don’t always wholeheartedly approve of what you’re proposing, but often it’s a learned habit.
We don’t wish to offend or let on that we’ve only half heard you…and we certainly don’t want you to feel bad about it on our behalf, hence why ‘hearing gloss’ made me chuckle to myself.
@Troggie hope you find an answer. I’m lucky that my dad wears his hearing aids and has them connected to his phone. He still manages not to acknowledge a lot though.