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Paula Moderator |
posted 02-21-2001 12:01 AM
 
Tell us how your hearing loss has made airline travel difficult. What types of accomodations do you think airlines and airports should offer? Have you been in an airport or on an airline that offered you assistance? Post your stories on airport accessiblity here. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Carol Rose Member |
posted 04-20-2001 04:51 PM
Can't hear announcements in the airport terminal or by the pilot or stewardesses in the airplane. If I was alone, I'd have to let the personnel know that they need to tell me in person any information that it is important for me to know. I will not be able to hear their announcements. Some way to display information on a screen would be helpful. IP: Logged |
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chiara unregistered |
posted 04-30-2001 05:54 PM
makes me feel so dumb. and stressed, afraid some gate information changed and i end up somewhere else! IP: Logged |
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Vicki unregistered |
posted 05-18-2001 02:27 PM
I have had some of the same problems w/ traveling on airlines. My job requires that I travel approx. 3 to 4 days a week and I mostly have to travel alone. I find some airline personnel helpful and others that are not. I even had one man, when I approached the ticket gate and told him I was deaf & couldn't hear the boarding announcements, say "Oh, you're kidding!" My biggest problem is, after I inform the person at the ticket or gate counter that I am deaf and need to told boarding info, flight changes, delays, etc. in person that they get busy & forget about me or they have a shift change and forget to tell the new people coming on of my situation. I found the best solution is to ask the person sitting next to me if they are taking the same flight I am, tell them of my problem and then ask them if they would be willing to keep me informed as to the annoucements. So far, this hasn't failed me and I have even made a few nice hearing friends that I see occassionally as I fly to different locations. Most "fellow travelers" want to be friendly and helpful. I even had one man request a seat change so that he could sit across the aisle from me and intrepret for me and to visit during the flight. He was a lot older than I am but was a delightful gentleman. IP: Logged |
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Carol Rose Member |
posted 05-18-2001 03:28 PM
Hi, I have done that, asked strangers, but often I get a reaction that makes me feel I shouldn't have bothered them, so I now usually just go to the people "in charge". It is nice if people are friendly and help out! I constantly have to let people know that I can't hear and it's almost always a shock to the person. The reaction is usually kind of a stunned look like: Really, you can't hear? I think they are surprised that I can talk and don't look any different. Also, they seem amazed that someone who is not elderly is hearing-impaired. People just don't expect that there are hearing-impaired people actually walking around. Someone honked a car horn at me once (on a pier at the ocean) and nearly ran me over because she thought I was ignoring her when I didn't move! -- Carol IP: Logged |
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