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Extra Credit Option 4
I watched the video of "The First Time I Wore Hearing Aids” by Raymond Antrobus. I
absolutely loved this spoken word! A few of my favorite lines and why;
“It is a miracle that anyone can think in this volume of busy.”
This line was a great way to open this spoken word. I half-expected Raymond to just talk
about how loud it must be. However, I really liked the use of the word “busy” here! I
think it also speaks to how much clutter we go through everyday with our busy lives. We
also can take for granted how we can go through all of this craziness and be able to hear
it all. I never thought about sound can be too much for someone.
“... I was a child playing with sound.”
I thought this childish line was extremely sweet. I loved how he would keep pushing the
stop button on the bus. I think I would be doing the same if I started hearing for the first
time. Although Raymond has rode the bus before, it was a whole new experience.
“I turned off my hearing aids to write this, because sometimes, hearing aids make
you hear everything except yourself.”
Although this whole spoken word was about being able to hear for the first time, I
appreciated how this ended. I like how although Raymond got the ability to hear, but he
has been so accustomed to using his other senses, he has begun to prefer it that way. It
also sheds light on how d/Deaf people don’t need/prefer hearing! I also relate to this
because sometimes I need complete peace and quiet to think to myself. I love to turn off
all my devices, music, background noise, and just sit there to do what I need to do.
Overall, I loved seeing Raymonds passion during this spoken word! I am curious to hear
more about how more people who get hearing aids feel. I want to hear about more
experiences people have right afterwards. Do they appreciate the noise or is it a bother?
Do people tend to keep the hearing aids on or do they turn them off from time to time?
Does anyone regret getting hearing aids?
Also, “What is audism?" by Ahmed Khalifa shed some light on the hardships of audism
that d/Deaf/hard of hearing people endure. As a kid growing up, I have witnessed some
forms of audism. I knew it was wrong but I (unfortunately) never knew what to do and
didn’t really think more of it. Of course, if it was today I would act much differently.
The one form of audism I found most insane was if someone knows how to sign but
refuses to do so. I can’t even imagine why someone would choose to learn how to sign
and not put it to use! The other form of audism I found that was also crazy was how
people use d/Deaf/hard of hearing people as a form of “inspirational porn”. I didn’t even
know that someone could feel that way. One example Ahmed gave was how people can
be ‘shocked that a d/Deaf/hard of hearing person could take the train to work’. This
opened my eyes to more hardships d/Deaf/hard of hearing people can endure that I didn’t
even think of. I wonder what percent of people experience this.
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