{"id":5174,"date":"2021-02-16T15:11:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.chha.ca\/?p=5174"},"modified":"2021-04-28T18:41:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T18:41:02","slug":"how-is-it-like-to-be-a-hard-of-hearing-immigrant-in-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.chha.ca\/fr\/how-is-it-like-to-be-a-hard-of-hearing-immigrant-in-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"How is it like to be a Hard of Hearing Immigrant in Tech?"},"content":{"rendered":"

D\u00e9sol\u00e9, cet article est seulement disponible en Anglais Am\u00e9ricain<\/a>. Pour le confort de l\u2019utilisateur, le contenu est affich\u00e9 ci-dessous dans une autre langue. Vous pouvez cliquer le lien pour changer de langue active.<\/p>by Anonymous<\/p>\n

As someone who is hard of hearing, asking people to repeat themselves has always been embarrassing for me. Once the pandemic hit the world, a new task had been added to the list of embarrassment: asking someone to pull their mask down and having to explain why.<\/p>\n

Aside for my passion and interest in IT, I chose my career because computers can\u2019t talk.\u00a0 Reading from a monitor instead of reading lips is convenient and much easier to interpret.\u00a0 I never would have anticipated that the challenges that I and the hard of hearing community face would have dramatically increased.<\/p>\n

As a fresh graduate in the times of the pandemic, getting my feet in the door of employment when everyone was getting theirs out was one of the hardest challenges I had to face. How am I going to hear on virtual interviews when I am already struggling with phone calls? Thanks to video conferencing platforms with live captioning, this has become more feasible than I thought.<\/p>\n

When captions failed, I had to come up with excuses as to why I was unable to hear. Glitchy internet and poor speakers seemed to do the trick because otherwise, it is extremely easy for an employer to lose confidence in a job applicant when they realize that I have a hearing loss. Being able to receive phone calls in IT is mandatory and there are typically minimal, if any, accessible alternatives provided in these circumstances. I found that every time I choose to disclose my hearing loss to a potential employer, I am doubling my chances of being not considered for the job.\u00a0 When I choose not to, I am advancing to the next step.\u00a0 This is more than a coincidence.<\/p>\n

I can hear your thoughts: what about employment resources available for people with disabilities? As a hard of hearing immigrant, these resources were out of my reach. I had to pave my own road in navigating the system. I had to continuously prove that I am capable to do the job despite my hearing loss.<\/p>\n

After many job applications and interviews, six months later, I am now signing my first IT support contract during the pandemic hoping that I be retained in the workplace for the future.<\/p>\n

A future that has changed for the world and has compounded many of the challenges we face.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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