Welcome to this-is-audism! - Read before submitting
Audism: Discrimination based on hearing ability
This is a gimmick blog for discussing audism! It exists in the same vein as @this-is-saneism and @this-is-ableism as well as other this-is blogs.
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What can be submitted
Any experience with audism can be submitted here!
You can submit here if you:
Are d/Deaf
Are hard of hearing
Have any level of hearing loss or deaf gain
Have auditory processing disorder
Are self diagnosed
Hearing people may submit their own experiences being assumed to fall into one of the above categories but these submissions will be posted at my discretion. Hearing people may not submit another person's experience without their consent. If you are submitting on behalf of a deaf/hard of hearing person or someone with APD please specify that you have their consent or your ask will be deleted.
The queue currently posts 1 time a day.
What will not be posted
Asks attempting to incite or engage in discourse
Anything asking a question already answered in the FAQ (it's below the cut)
Any variation of "I misread audism as autism"
Callout posts
FAQ
1. What flag is in your profile photo?
The deaf flag created by Arnaud Balard
2. What is the difference between lowercase and uppercase d/Deaf?
Lowercase deaf refers to medically having hearing loss or deaf gain. Uppercase Deaf refers to Deafness as a culture.
3. What is deaf gain?
The term "hearing loss" frames deafness as a loss. The term "deaf gain" was coined to describe what is gained by being d/Deaf.
4. Am I deaf or hard of hearing?
I don't know, that's really up to you. There is no line in the sand where someone goes from hard of hearing to deaf. I can't tell you this.
5. I have auditory processing disorder without hearing loss/deaf gain, can I call myself deaf or hard of hearing?
No.
6. What is the best way to learn sign language?
Offline in a class with a Deaf teacher.
7. [Insert sign language question here]
I'm not qualified to answer this, ask someone else.
8. Do you have a DNI?
No, but I'm an antifascist so be prepared to be blocked if you are a fascist (includes zionists and TERFs
9. Why is "hearing impaired" offensive?
"Hearing impaired" implies that hearing is the default and deviations from it are defective and out of the ordinary.
10. How do I know if I have hearing loss?
You go to an audiologist and get an audiogram.
11. How do I know if I have auditory processing disorder?
You go to an audiologist or SLP (preferably one who is licensed in both) who works with APD and get an evaluation.
12. How do I join the Deaf community as someone with hearing loss/deaf gain?
You learn your local sign language and make an effort to incorporate yourself into the community.
13. Am I "deaf enough" to be part of the Deaf community?
If you have any level of hearing loss/deaf gain then you are "deaf enough" to join the Deaf community.
My question is not listed here (guidelines for asking questions):
Don't apologize for asking a question. I don't like hearing guilt here- it's fine to ask questions. I don't want to feel like I need to reassure you that asking questions is ok. It is. Just ask the question.
Asking follow up questions about questions in the FAQ is acceptable but they should be new questions, not restatements of the original question.
I can't tell you anything about you and if you ask about yourself I will probably not have a solid answer. Ask from a 3rd person perspective and you are more likely to get a helpful response (e.g "Am I a good candidate for hearing aids?"- I don't know you vs. "Is someone with moderate hearing loss a good candidate for hearing aids?"- now we're speaking generally, I am more likely to be able to answer this)
I don't answer most questions about myself. This is a gimmick blog. I'm not going to make it about me.
Most good faith questions are on the table. I don't bully people for having questions, even if I think they're inappropriate. If I don't like your question I will just tell you it's inappropriate. In the worst case scenario I simply don't respond.
my parents refuse to accept the fact that I am losing hearing. I want support, whether it be ASL lessons and an interpreter, hearing aids, or both. I went through an unrelated episode of severe anxiety when I started losing hearing two years ago and they now cite any instances of me asking for help as ājust anxiety.ā
Prev anon again exactly!! Audism is when my audiologist recommended the greyish black hearing aid to me cuz it would blend in w my dark hair, automatically assuming that I would be ashamed of it. I chose the biege one over it cuz they only had 2 colour options š
racism is also the fact that they rarely have darker brown colors to match the skin tones of POC (apparently only white people can be deaf š)
Not audism | your hearing aids r so pretty I'm jealous!! Mine r just boring ol' beige š
I got that pair last year which was only about a year after phonak even came out with fun colors to begin with.
it's really disappointing that so many hearing aid companies only offer black, brown, gray, and beige for adults. kids get so many fun color choices but adult hearing aids are those colors so they can be subtle/hidden. they never consider that adults might not be ashamed of their hearing aids and might not want to hide them.
here's the current color selection for the audeo lumity (what I have)
[ID: A selection of hearing aid colors, mostly gray, brown, beige, and black. there are 6 bright colors, a light pink, red, purple, indigo, green, and cyan]
before 2024 (?) the 6 bright colors weren't an option.
Youtube auto captions censoring curse words. Also youtube captions not working on a mobile browser, despite working fine with invidious and other media viewing on a mobile browser. Also youtube in-general just being terrible
Subtitles putting "[speaks foreign language]" instead of transcribing what theyre saying... how much effort does it take to just Google the language theyre speaking then write down what they say. You dont even have to hire a translator
I disagree. there is no shortcut around translators, especially in official media. translating apps like google translate can often get the gist of what's being said but a lot is lost in the process and those apps are known to frequently get things wrong.
translation apps can only translate the basic meanings of words. nuances like tone, slang connotations, plays on words, etc. are lost. translating languages is an art, it's not as simple as directly translating individual words and compiling them into a sentence.
additionally, the point of subtitles is accuracy to what's being said. with captions for D/HOH people it's important to directly transcribe what's said in the original language- not translate it. the goal is to give D/HOH viewers the exact same experience as hearing viewers
Can everyone who makes video content do a Deaf bitch a favor? Watch your shit with the captions on and the sound off, and then do another round of editing to fix things including but not limited to:
Captions cover the spot on the screen you put the information I need
The dialogue is captioned but not the song you have playing that the dialogue is responding to
You only captioned the person on the screen, not the person off screen who is also talking
No captioning of critical sound effects (alarms, bells, dogs barking, etc)
Speakers are not labelled at moments where it is not clear on the screen who is talking.
Captions cover the spot on the screen that you put the information I need!
Other d/Deaf people welcome to add.
This post brought to you by the fifth video tutorial I could not follow because the bad, auto-generated captions covered what I was trying to watch today.
Speaking of deaf and HOH head canons I hate how so many of them are given to loud characters as if them yelling or being obnoxious is just because they canāt hear. I personally think Bakugo is an exception to this because his power would cause hearing loss but usually I see HOH head canons for loud characters and I donāt get it.
I donāt know if this is the space for it so feel free to free to delete this if it isnāt, sorry!
Iām hearing but have auditory processing issues and have been lucky enough to take an ASL class my school offers, Iāve been finding it way easier than speech in a lot of ways! Itās harder only in that im new to the language (just finished the second level of three the school offers) but way easier to understand. Iām planning on going into ASL/English interpreting when high schoolās done.
Anyway, I desperately wish I could just use ASL to communicate because itās easier for me with the auditory processing, but only two of my friends also are in the class (one in the same level and one in the one above)
it's great that you're learning! for anyone who struggles to hear for any reason sign language can be amazing!
my dad accusing me of 'ignoring him' my whole life, and then when he finally learned of auditory processing disorder cuz it was mentioned by a friend, he was like 'haha you definitely have that' and then the next time he accused me of ignoring him, i said 'i'm not ignoring you, remember i probably have APD', and he just said 'that's not an excuse'.
The new Lego Batman game having accurate captioning, subtitles, and always putting the icon showing who's talking in the correct spot even tho it came out literally a few days ago ā„ļø
(not related to this blog but it also has a ton of visual and motor accessibility options and I can actually play it. It even starts with the accessibility options when you open the game for the first time)
i require subtitles to keep up with audio in videos and it always ticks me off when human-made subtitles are good up until more than one person starts talking, or there's a moment of chaos, and then the subtitler just gives up and writes something like [chaos] even when i can clearly hear words and phrases being said!! like i have auditory processing issues and i can still hear it!! i'm lucky to be able to recognize when the subtitles are withholding info but there are people who don't have that luxury!!
I don't have hearing problems but I have a hard time paying attention to things if I can't read it so when I want to watch a show or movie I need subtitles so I can actually focus (I blame the ADHD) and something that pisses me off is when subtitles don't include swear words. Like come on, I should be able to know when a YouTuber cusses and what exact word it is, like sure I can use context clues but why should I do that when you could have easily put it in there or did f***ing instead of [____]??
