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Originally Posted by juddfl
If you wear hearing aides, the government considers that a disability. You can get a free phone that types out what the caller is saying to you. It is great. Sometimes the caller will say a phone # so fast that you can't quite get it. Now it is typed out for you. Here is the information: CapTel 561-373-7545 You must have a land line for this to be connected. A representative will come to your home and connect it up for you. Free of charge.
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My cell phone translates voice to text already. So does Google Voice, a VoIP product that lets you use your computer as a phone with its own dedicated phone number.
But no - wearing hearing aids doesn't automatically label you as "disabled." You can't get disability SS checks, you can't get tax breaks for the disabled, and you can't get special accommodations. Hearing aids ARE the accommodations. If you are DEAF - then you are disabled. And if you are DEAF, then hearing aids won't help you. A cochlear implant might though, depending on the nature of your deafness.
I'm not deaf. I'm hearing impaired. I can hear you just fine. I just can't understand what you're saying if you have a certain tone and quality to your voice. And with a different tone/quality, your voice might actually be painful for me to listen to. Hearing aids correct all that.