#talking to hearing people is exhausting
if a deaf or hard of hearing person asks you to repeat yourself please do!!! don’t ignore them or say “nothing” or “never mind” !!! you may not think what you said was significant, but you’re forcing us to be in the dark and you’re controlling our environment more than you may realize!!!
Am deaf, can confirm. It’s literally saying to us, “You’re not worth the effort. I’d rather just not talk to you at all.”
Additionally, I stopped what I was doing to focus my attention on you, so dismissing me with ‘never mind’ because I didn’t catch it the first or second time means you’ve wasted my time and my energy. It is for this reason that I no longer invest in a conversation with a hearing person until I’m sure they’re worth myeffort.
