“Do We Really Need Subtitles?”//#deafawareness

I spend a vast amount of time watching TV, or rather I have done since lockdown, and because my ears are really bad at being ears, I have the subtitles on. Now, this has become second nature to me and I am quick to read from them and understand, for the most part, what is going on but I have found that since my hearing became worse when I turned 17, some people really don’t like subtitles and here is where I run into the question that frustrates me more every time I hear it.

Face-Coverings and D/deaf Communication

So the question is- how does the hearing community communicate with people who both cant hear and cant see what they are saying? Lucky for you, dear reader, I am Deaf and am a lipreader so I am happy to give you my experience and pointers of what may help D/deaf and hard of hearing people be able to understand you…