Satsueisha

Hearing impaired women have to face more of life’s struggles than those men who have lost their ability to hear. Not only do these women have to face some situations where their gender causes others to doubt their abilities and skills, but also they have a disability to add up to such stressful experiences. Many women who are hearing impaired experience discrimination in areas where they have to exercise their expertise, a usual environment for these unfortunate situations is the place where they work. Many times have organizations that help people with hearing disabilities encounter cases of women seeking help and advices about not being taken seriously at work and being a laughing stock among their co-employees. Although modern technology had given birth to digital hearing aids that help hearing impaired individuals to hear, many auditory challenged women, even those who have jobs, cannot afford to purchase one for their use.

The public’s more negative association of hearing impairment to being dumb adds up to the burden of these women who already have to face the challenge of proving what they can do in a masculine world of business and trading. Many hearing impaired women complain about employers not giving them a chance in career growth and promotions, even though they are qualified for a higher position in the company. Others struggle with co-workers who think they do not even deserve a chance to be working in an office with them. Unmarried women who have hearing disabilities often have to deal with low self esteem especially with the thought that they could not possibly find men who will fall in love with them despite of their disability, and if they could, those men would probably have some sort of disabilities too, as it is quite impossible for a normal man to show interest on a disabled woman, even if she can use a hearing aid and function just like any person without hearing disabilities would.

Such struggles and ill opinions brought concerns to many individuals and organizations that have genuine interest in helping hearing impaired people.

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