I am a young person who is hearing impaired, im tired of people not taking me seriously!!!!

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i have been hearing impaired since birth due to a defect (overlapping nerves). it only effects one ear but i am 96% deaf in that ear so i basically cant hear on one side.

When i meet people/coworkers for the first time I always preface with "hey im hearing impaired, deaf on my left side, so please speak loud and clear and in front of me/on my right!"

but no one ever remembers.

i understand its an invisible disability and is easy to forgot because id say 75% of the time i am able to hear and communicate fine.

but i get so frustrated when people come up to my on my left side and try to talk to me after ive told them.

its even more frustrating when im actively doing something that creates background noise and someone tries to speak to me on my deaf side.

im at a point where im tempted to just start ignoring people completely instead of 1000x a day saying "huh?" "what?" "pardon me?"

i end up feeling like a burden because i need people to repeat themselves multiple times sometimes.

i just needed to rant somewhere someone might be able to relate.