SHOULD I TELL PEOPLE ABOUT MY HEARING DIFFICULITES BEFORE ITS TOO LATE

Apprentice Mechanic

Should I say it on my cv or during an interview it that I am over 60 percent deaf in my right ear,if I didn't get done on time I could have been on a wheelchair,real bad speech which I don't have now or taking panic attacks on a regular & escilispy which I dont suffer from,but the people I work at the present time dont give a hard time with my hearing difficulies , The simple reason why I am worried about this because I was builled contisionly :mad::(about my hearing by idots shouthing into my deaf ear on a daily and aslo at home being called a deaf bastard,deaf ****,deaf s.o.b,how the f**k wil you manage working in a garage,the list could go on longer :eek::(:mad:,the worse about my hearing I alaways have to my loudspeaker on volume at the least six on a mobile phone/phone before I can hear the person speaking to me on a phone/mobile phone:o ANY HELP WOULD BE HELPFUL AS A BIT OF HELPFUL THAN NONE

Delancey

Your post reads as meaningless nonsense , a bit of good grammar and punctuation would also help.
Read your post back to yourself and ask if anyone could possibly understand it ?

tenchi-fan

Obviously you should tell people about your hearing problem.

mikemac1

Yes, tell them
Might be a safety issue in a garage if you're working with power tools and lifts and someone is shouting out a warning.

And take it easy on the drinking and posting

Apprentice Mechanic

Delancey wrote: »

Your post reads as meaningless nonsense , a bit of good grammar and punctuation would also help.
Read your post back to yourself and ask if anyone could possibly understand it ?

i have a litreacty problem that why I do extra classes at college for my reading and wirting letters

Apprentice Mechanic

mikemac1 wrote: »

Yes, tell them
Might be a safety issue in a garage if you're working with power tools and lifts and someone is shouting out a warning.

And take it easy on the drinking and posting

I did explain it to the people I am currently working as my boss has a similar probelm with his hearing, I just typed the way I was being treated in school and at home by others. Must I add I don't drink, smoke or any drugs

tenchi-fan

Apprentice Mechanic wrote: »

i have a litreacty problem that why I do extra classes at college for my reading and wirting letters

In that case, your posts are bad enough without BOLD CAPS AND TONNES OF SMILEY FACES :rolleyes::eek::P:(:mad:;):D:(

Eoin

tenchi-fan wrote: »

In that case, your posts are bad enough without BOLD CAPS AND TONNES OF SMILEY FACES

Delancey wrote: »

Your post reads as meaningless nonsense , a bit of good grammar and punctuation would also help.

You both know well enough not to make comments like that. Report a post if it's a problem.

Mrs OBumble

OP, welcome to adulthood.

The good news is that employers are legally required to not treat you badly just because you have a disability.

They won't always obey the law, but (unlike your family and school-mates), there is a chance that you might sue them if they do treat you badly. This means they are more likely to treat you properly.

I think that yes, you should tell them. I worked with a guy once who was deaf in one ear. He didn't tell, and when he didn't hear a question etc, he just bluffed his way through the answer. This make him very difficult to work with. Once we knew what the deal was, we just stood on the "good" side when we asked him questions. Problem solved.

And as someone said, there could be safety issues in a garage, too.

Apprentice Mechanic

@ JustMary I told the people I work with about my difficulites prior getting the job, I am kind of shy to inform people about my hearing difficulites after the unfair treatment so far in my life.

starlit

Hi OP,

Its imperative you mention it when applying for a job especially as a mechanic when you need to be able to hear the engine and so on to clarify if its working and so on.

I would suggest you mention it in a cover letter along with your CV, that's the best way to put it across or mention it as part of form application also if they request that information definitely mention it, if they don't, mention it anyway.

For insurance purposes and not just telling them in advance in either a CV, Cover letter or interview they need to know while you are working in a garage.

Letting them know you have a hearing problem shouldn't affect your disability rights as an employee but sometimes not every employer will comply with the law but they should at least acknowledge you have a hearing problem in the workplace so that they can provide what ever special requirements you need like a loud speaker for the phone when making appointments with customers. Its important they at least know, if they don't could prove awkward when doing a job. For safety reasons too you need to tell them.

At 60 decibel of hearing can be a lot to deal with, with the added learning difficulties you have. It was wrong of your classmates from school to have bullied you like that just cause of a moderate-high hearing problem.

Have you learnt sign language and to lip read? I learnt sign language and its very simple to learn. You don't necessary have to write! Though lip reading you need to pay very close attention to what others are saying and their body language.

Do you wear a hearing aid? You might need more than one perhaps two to balance the hearing.

Have you considered a cochlear/baha hearing aid? You be a prime candidate for one!

Good luck OP!

SerialComplaint

This is a difficult area.

Only you can judge whether the employer needs to know. There is no legal obligation in Ireland for any employee to tell their employer about a disability. If you have 40% hearing in one ear, and the other ear is good, I doubt if you would have any safety issues about hearing engines etc. Regardless of your legal rights, telling an employer before you've started work could go against you.

Apprentice Mechanic

SerialComplaint wrote: »

This is a difficult area.

Only you can judge whether the employer needs to know. There is no legal obligation in Ireland for any employee to tell their employer about a disability. If you have 40% hearing in one ear, and the other ear is good, I doubt if you would have any safety issues about hearing engines etc. Regardless of your legal rights, telling an employer before you've started work could go against you.

I have told everyone who work it work they make no big deal over my hearing but saying that I no issues hearing engines,noises,etc

Apprentice Mechanic

doovdela wrote: »

Hi OP,

Its imperative you mention it when applying for a job especially as a mechanic when you need to be able to hear the engine and so on to clarify if its working and so on.

I would suggest you mention it in a cover letter along with your CV, that's the best way to put it across or mention it as part of form application also if they request that information definitely mention it, if they don't, mention it anyway.

For insurance purposes and not just telling them in advance in either a CV, Cover letter or interview they need to know while you are working in a garage.

Letting them know you have a hearing problem shouldn't affect your disability rights as an employee but sometimes not every employer will comply with the law but they should at least acknowledge you have a hearing problem in the workplace so that they can provide what ever special requirements you need like a loud speaker for the phone when making appointments with customers. Its important they at least know, if they don't could prove awkward when doing a job. For safety reasons too you need to tell them.

At 60 decibel of hearing can be a lot to deal with, with the added learning difficulties you have. It was wrong of your classmates from school to have bullied you like that just cause of a moderate-high hearing problem.

Have you learnt sign language and to lip read? I learnt sign language and its very simple to learn. You don't necessary have to write! Though lip reading you need to pay very close attention to what others are saying and their body language.

Do you wear a hearing aid? You might need more than one perhaps two to balance the hearing.

Have you considered a cochlear/baha hearing aid? You be a prime candidate for one!

Good luck OP!

I can do lip read fpr the few years but I can't do sign language at all. I don't wear a hearing aid but I considered a hearing but the ear specialist says that I don't need a hearing aid as my hearing has improved prior the operation but I also told me that thers a 50/50 chance my hearing will go down in my 50's as everyones hearing goes down at least 25% goes down in their mid 50's

looksee

Apprentice Mechanic wrote: »

I can do lip read fpr the few years but I can't do sign language at all. I don't wear a hearing aid but I considered a hearing but the ear specialist says that I don't need a hearing aid as my hearing has improved prior the operation but I also told me that thers a 50/50 chance my hearing will go down in my 50's as everyones hearing goes down at least 25% goes down in their mid 50's

I was told by an ENT consultant that I did not have hearing impairment.

I went to another consultant who told me I did have a problem. I had several hearing tests, all of them showed that I had quite significant hearing loss in one ear. I now wear a hearing aid. I have no idea why the first guy told me I did not need one.

You could get a second opinion about the need for a hearing aid.

Apprentice Mechanic

looksee wrote: »

I was told by an ENT consultant that I did not have hearing impairment.

I went to another consultant who told me I did have a problem. I had several hearing tests, all of them showed that I had quite significant hearing loss in one ear. I now wear a hearing aid. I have no idea why the first guy told me I did not need one.

You could get a second opinion about the need for a hearing aid.

If you don't mind what hospital do you have to go because I need to beamount,I asked my GP if I need a hearing aid and he said I don't need one

d1975

If you think you need a hearing aid there's couple places you could go to in town 2 of them are in the City Centre, I'm slightly deaf and wear hearing aids have worked lots of places and is never a problem, I wouldn't put it on CV maybe when your in the interview just mention it to them "I'm little hard of hearing"

I wouldn't worry to much about it