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tzuyuscloud · 6 months

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My Loser Kim M.J x fem!deaf reader

A/n: This fic took awhile because I have no knowledge of Sensorineural hearing loss (SHL) whatsoever and wanted to get an understanding so I was reading articles and watching videos. If any information is incorrect please don’t hesitate to correct me respectfully. :)

Pairings: deaf!reader x non idol Kim Minji

Scenario: Kim Minji finds you in the art studio alone after being harassed by fellow students.

Warnings: Mention of blood, bullying, horrible parents, ableism (NEVER BE ABLEIST PEOPLE >:| )

Tags: Romace, college au, friends to lovers, angst??, art student y/n, loser Minji

⋆˙⟡ Star ⋆˙⟡

If my tears fall

Down in my universe

Turns into a new world

Time to find my way back home

As a famous artist said, “painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” And that’s exactly how y/n saw her creative process. As painting. She first started painting when she was 12 years old after she felt like her life was meaningless, she felt like she didn’t have anyone who understood her pain, so she spoke to a canvas. Sneaking into her grandfather’s studio and started splashing paint on the canvas, not caring when drops of color stained her freshly washed uniform.

She would come home and get interrogated by her parents as to why she was covered in paint, and she would sarcastically state the obvious, “i was painting, duh.” Thus being the beginning of her artists life when her parents placed her in an art school where she discovered more of her hidden talents with art.

Now as y/n was in her sophomore year of university, majoring in fine arts but focusing on painting specifically, she improved with every new painting she created. Her classmates envied the fact that she was a natural born genius, but the only thing that made her different than everyone else is the fact that she couldn’t hear.

Y/n’s classmates often sabotaged her works so that they wouldn’t be displayed in competitions or recognized by guest artists. They all envied her to the point where they often hurt her as well.

“Oh my, look what we have here” a group of students, led by one of the board members daughter, walked into the studio where y/n stayed painting late at night. Her body tensed up feeling the familiar vibrations of their footsteps causing her to jump when Jimin placed her hand on her shoulder.

“Whatcha painting?” Jimin said as she bent down to your level causing your arm to shakily create a false line on the brightly decorated canvas, ruining the painting. You closed your eyes hoping that they would disappear along with the world, often times when you we’re overwhelmed you would just close your eyes and turn down your hearing aid, because then the world would actually disappear.

“remember she can’t hear you.” one of Jimin’s little minions retorted causing the leader to roll her eyes.

“don’t be fooled, she has an hearing aid” Jimin then taps the device causing y/n to jump and clutch her ear, she angrily faced Jimin with a frown upon her face, looking eye to eye with the girl. “watch who your glaring at before I make you blind too!” Jimin smacked the girl on the head forcing her to look down,

“you think you’re entering the art competition? Ha, funny. You have no reason to be at this school anyways let alone enter into a competition. You will always be lower than everyone else-”

Jimin was cut off by a painful feeling that lingered on her cheek causing her and everyone around her to gasp and stare at y/n in shock. “the only low one is you.” y/n whispered, her voice shaky as she was now afraid of what was to come.

“oh~ how brave of our little y/n” Jimin smiled before grabbing your hair. While the rest of the girls knifed the painting, shredding up the canvas.

“ayo Minji! Make sure to grab everything from out of the locker that is labeled with red tape.”

“bruh, you literally said this already, I got it, I got it. How hard can going into the art building and grabbing your materials be?” Minji groaned on the phone, as she walked towards the entrance of the art building. It was pushing midnight and Danielle needed her art supplies that she had forgotten, but ended up catching a cold and wasn’t able to get them, so Minji being a great friend offered to grab them for the girl.

“alright alright! Thanks again Min, I owe you one!” Danielle smiled through the phone before hanging up. Minji walked through the halls, searching for studio 214A when she heard small noises coming from a fairly lit room. She peaked her head in the entrance and found a small girl sitting on the ground picking what looked like broken materials up while wiping away at her nose.

Once Minji squinted to get a closer look she saw what she was wiping wasn’t snot but blood, causing her eyes to widen and immediately run to the girl. “Hey bro are you alright, your nose-“ As the girl looked up at Minji from the shadow she casted. Minji saw that her lip was bruised and she had a scar on her head as well. “who did this to you?” she frowned. Y/n didn’t respond but just stared up the taller woman with tired eyes.

“can I help you with your wounds at least?” Minji asked again hoping for at least a nod. Y/n then pointed to the expensive hearing device that laid crushed into small pieces on the ground next to her. Minji felt her heart sink into her stomach as her eyes paneled to the broken device to y/n’s bleeding ear in which the device used to sit in.

Minji then squeaked out a small, “y-you can’t hear me?- minji don’t be stupid” before grabbing her phone and typing out sentences.

Who did this to you? Im gonna help you with your wounds if that is okay with you?

She faced the screen towards y/n and gently places it in her hands. Y/n looked up at Minji with soft eyes before typing something back.

Jimin and her friends.

Okay

Y/n handed the phone back to Minji and Minji never ran to grab a first aid kit so fast in her life once she got y/n’s consent to help her. She gently dabbed all the scars with cotton balls and places bandaids on them all, before picking up the pieces to the very expensive device and placed them in a plastic baggie for y/n.

Once she helped her clean up everything, including herself she offered to walk y/n home.

Do you stay alone?

Minji shook her head no at the question before softly speaking, “I live with my friend.” she said quietly leaving Minji shocked. She didn’t know the girl could speak, but she also knew very little about the girl and her her disability in the first place.

“What’s your name?” Minji asked and earning silence as she stupidly didn’t type out the question.

What’s your name?

Mine is Kim Minji

Y/n stared up at Minji and smiled, “Park f/n” she spoke. Every time y/n spoke, Minji got excited inside as the girl’s soft voice healed something inside of her. The whole way to y/n’s apartment was filled with Minji asking questions and eventually exchanging numbers where Minji texted y/n all through the night.

Minji still couldn't get the phrase "Jimin and her friends" out of her head. Doing everything she could to try and figure out who exactly Jimin was and why she would ever physically harm anyone.

Minji "Dani I have a question." The bright faced Aussie looked up at her best friend with a smile,

"What's up?"

"Mmm you're in the art department a lot," Minji paused "do you know someone who goes by the name Jimin?" just then Danielle's eyes widened and she let out a small gasp.

"ugh!! everyone knows her! Look I'm not one to talk behind people's backs but she is a bully" Dani huffed out with an animated frown. Danielle was never one to talk badly about people, in fact she spoke to everyone no matter how they came off or appeared, and if she saw someone who was sad, all she had to do was flash her signature smile and suddenly all clouds were replaced with sunshine and warmth. "Why do you ask though, Min?"

"Well when I went to get your supplies last night...there was this girl-erm Park f/n, and she was hurt badly. She said Jimin and her friends did it to her and that they always hurt her." Just then Minji was looking down and picking at her fingers, something she has a habit of doing when she's anxious.

Danielle jumped up from her spot on the sofa, "Wait...y/n?!" she slapped her hand over her mouth causing Minji's eyes to widen.

"w-what? is there something wrong?"

Danielle sat down after calming herself down to make her poor friend less worried, "that poor girl, she's in majority of my classes but I haven't noticed she was being assaulted." tears welled in the younger girl's eyes. "I try talking to her but she just rolls her eyes and looks away. I don't think she likes me"

Minji comforted her best friend as she pouted about the thought of someone potentially not liking her. "Dani"

"hmm?" the brunette faced her friend.

"y/n is deaf. Have you not known?" Minji asked genuinely. Danielle dropped the fruit that was in her hand and slowly turned to Minji.

She didn't know wether to keep her mouth open or close it but she looked like a fish out of water, "Im such a horrible person, everyday I would ask her questions and try to make conversation but- wow."

Minji cut the girl off, "well from what I have learned she can hear when she has her hearing aid, but recently it was broken because of those bitches. And when I catch them I will-" Danielle cut the girl off with a worried stare.

"Hey I know you are worried about y/n but violence does not solve more violence! What we need to do is report this to the school immediately to get justice for y/n." Danielle stood up proudly, while Minji scoffed from her place on the couch.

"Beating Jimin's ass seems like enough justice for me" she mumbled, earning a glare from the peaceful girl.

The older girl stood up, patting her best friend on the back, "well good luck with your peace treaties. Im gonna go take y/n out to eat"

"oh a date?~" Danielle teased causing Minji to blush, "no! she doesn't like me like that"

"But YOU never denied not liking her so, a one sided date, eh?" Danielle urged on, Minji grabbed the nearest pillow from the couch and smacked her friend on the head before running out the shared apartment.

"Ill be back!" she shouted on her way out.

Entering the small cafe, Minji noticed how you doodled in a sketchbook as you waiting for her to arrive.

“Hi y/n!” she greeted waving, silence. Her brows furrowed in confusion going to wave again but then as she walked to take a seat, she noticed that the small pink device was no longer in your ear.

Once she sat down you looked up feeling her presence, flashing her a small smile. You took out a small, cutely decorated notebook that was filled with stickers, and a pen before scribbling a few words down.

Hi!! :) I apologize, I can’t get a new hearing aid until next month. My parents are too busy to ship it to me

What kind of parents are too busy to tend to their own child?! Minji thought to herself. She couldn’t help but wonder why they would brush her off like that.

It’s okay, we can talk like this. Look.

Minji then tapped the table in y/n’s line of sight to get her attention. Her hands then started moving, forming words that were a bit choppy but still clearly showed that she put effort and time into learning.

‘Im learning sign language so you can speak comfortably’ her heart was racing afraid she messed up a few signs, because y/n just stared. She then smiled and looked down shyly trying to contain her excitement as no one has ever tried learning sign language to try and communicate with her, not even her own parents.

Y/n’s fingers swiftly flowed in different directions, speaking freely and comfortably. Although Minji couldn’t catch half of what she was saying, she still gazed at her with bright eyes.

“Thank you” Y/n whispered as she signed so that Minji could learn along with her, “for being nice to me” she said softly, looking up at Minji’s big brown eyes that never left hers.

Minji had ordered their food and drinks, sharing everything she had as y/n told her that she rarely tries new stuff because she is never introduced to anything.

I used to travel and do fun things before…the accident

Y/n gently pushed the book towards Minji as she cutely stuffed her face with fruit, earning a slight giggle from the opposite girl.

“Accident?” Minji mumbled to herself. Y/n let out a “hmm?” as she saw Minji’s lips move.

Accident?

Minji wrote but then quickly scribbled more,

You don’t have to tell me, it sounds personal

Y/n laughed at the panic writing, waving her hand and brushing it off.

It’s okay, I will tell you another time

You nodded before changing the subject, engaging in conversation that had you both laughing for hours without realizing how much time has passed. On your way back to her apartment, you heard her let out a small gasp and point to the small arcade that brightly lit up the evening skies. She took your hand, pulling you towards the machines as she eyes all of the plushies.

Letting out of the words “I want” slightly below a whisper. Minji couldn’t help but cave into her cute squeals of excitement as she pointed to all of the plushies she eyed. Pulling her wallet out she placed two bills into the machine bringing it to life.

Y/n excitedly jumped to hold the levers and when she thought she had the correct spot, she pushed the button. The claw grabbed the stuffed bunny, bringing it to the drop but dropping the bunny right next to it instead, before powering down.

The girl turned to Minji, puffing her bottom lip out in a pout before turning to walk away. Before she could take another step, Minji grabbed her arm, bringing her to a stop. The older girl then placed more money into the machine, focusing hard on the task at hand as she pushed the button. She hadn’t realized she closed her eyes, hoping that she would win the plush before she was shaken awake by y/n who was jumping around with the pink plushie in her arms.

“Bun bun! Bun bun!” she squeaked happily prancing around Minji who watched with sparkles in her eyes. She wrapped her arm around the smaller girl’s shoulder, walking her home before it got too late.

Y/n stood on her porch with a red tint to her face as she failed to look Minji in the eyes. “m’bye.” she waved, “thank you for winning bun bun” she spoke again and before she turned to enter her home, she quickly gave Minji a peck on the cheek before running inside.

Minji on the other hand, was stunned.

“She wants me bro!” The older girl said as her roommate rolled her eyes, laughing at the description story of their “hang out”

“That’s cute, she sounds adorable I wanna be her friend” Dani pouted remembering the fact that, said girl side eyes her during class. “what about me do you think she hates?”

Minji’s thick brows spoke before she did, “I wouldn’t say she hates you, she just doesn’t let her guard down easily” which confused her since she spoke to you easily. “I don’t know why she clings to me so quickly though”

Danielle laughed, “are you serious Min, you’re literally like a golden retriever. Your aura is so welcoming.” Minji blushed at the compliments,

“you think im a golden retriever girl” she wiggled her brows causing the both of them to burst into laughter. “but on a serious note, I think I like y/n”

The Australian girl looked at her roommate with a ‘duh bitch’ look, “I thought we all knew this?” she said with sass.

“I- goodnight”

Given y/n’s situation, she still had no hearing aid, causing her hell during her lectures as she had to rely on notes from generous classmates. She came from a well off family, growing her her parents would take her and her older brother on vacations and many outings, spoiling them, especially y/n since she was their princess. Treating her to whatever she wanted. Despite being handed whatever as a kid, her mother was still very strict and controlling at times.

You were always sent to every educational lesson after school as well as extracurriculars, and once she found out you had a talent in art, she ran with it and enrolled you in art programs. The life you had before the accident was chaotic, you didn’t enjoy it but you tolerated it because it was better than most. Though after the accident, you were pushed away. You were no longer the “princess” but more so the “burden.” You vividly remember your mother screaming at you to listen to what she was saying, even though you couldn’t clearly distinguish what she was saying.

She was in denial about her daughter being deaf to the point where she refused to tell anyone. Instead she blocked you out from the world, Park y/n had disappeared from the wealthy social circle and sent to study at a well off university. Anything to keep you out of your mother’s sight.

A knock sounded at your apartment door causing your roommate to jump up from her spot at the kitchen table to grab it. You looked up at the shuffles to find your older brother entering the place, smiling as she made conversation with your roommate.

He then looked at you with a smile before signing, “how are you, princess?” as you sat on the couch curled in a ball under blankets. You flashed him a thumbs up. You watched as he pulled a pink bag from behind his back, eyes following his every move as he handed you the bag. You looked up at him with a confused face considering there were no major holidays or birthdays near.

You opened the box and saw a brand new hearing aid. You looked up at your brother before tearing up. “thank you” you mumbled, wrapping your arms around him. Part of you didn’t wanna let go as it felt like that was the only family you had that truly cared about you.

“Of course you know…since I caused it” he whispered as he rubbed his neck. You knew he would forever feel everlasting guilt for what he did.

Summer of 2016

“Wait for me!” scrawny little y/n ran as fast as she could behind her brother and his friends. Her pink sundress flying with each stride, and her bare feet connecting with the grass.

She huddled around the older boys as they all piled fireworks on top of each other in the field. Different kind of pyro tied together and linked by a singular string that would be lit.

“This is gonna be awesome! I can’t wait to see the explosion” Y/n’s brother exclaimed, tackling one of his friends. Y/n was oblivious to what was actually happening, and got easily distracted by the beautiful flowers that coincidentally surrounded the pile of pyro.

She wasn’t aware of the stack being lit until she heard constant shouting from her brother and the rest of the guys. “Y/N MOVE!!” As she turned around she was thrown back as the fireworks went off in front of her. She felt someone pick her up saving her from the rest of the loud explosion.

All she could do was cry as she covered both of her ears. “It hurts!” the little girl sobbed. From the commotion her parents ran outside to see what had happened and was met with their daughter being cradled in her brother’s arms crying. She was covered in burn marks from head to toe.

“What happened?! What did you boys do?!!” Mrs. Park shouted, grabbing her daughter. Leaving no time to explain she rushed off to the hospital with her husband not too far behind with the boys.

Hours spent in the waiting room, the doctor had eventually came bearing the news of their daughter. “Miss y/n is doing fine. She is very brave for her age” he complimented.

Mrs. Park smiled faintly, “thank you doctor, is she healthy?” The man’s smile faded at the question before exhaling.

“Your daughter has hearing loss in both ears, she can respond to some sound but only depending how close she is to the noise. We recommend seeing a specialist for ears so that she can get a proper hearing aid that works best for her.” Mrs. Park threw herself into her husband’s chest with loud sobs.

“What am I gonna do with her now! I can’t let the world know she’s deaf!” she sobbed causing a gasp from the doctor. Y/n’s brother on the other hand felt guilty for what happened never thinking he could look his baby sister in the eyes again.

Moving forward, y/n got left at home and forgotten by her mother. She no longer received attention, not even basic conversations from her mother. She was put in more activities and after school classes to stay out of sight of her mother. The world had forgotten that the Park family had a daughter as she was hidden.

Present day

Y/n and her brother, Kai sat on the couch catching up about each other as Kai took over their father’s company.

“How’s mom and dad? Have they asked about me?” y/n whimpered, hating the fact that her own parents lost love for her, their one and only daughter.

Kai pulled his little sister in for a hug, “Father worries about you, he always talks about how he misses his little princess” you smiled at the thought of your father missing you, the thought warming your heart. “but mother. She’s still a cold hearted b-“

“woah okay okay, I see” You lightly laughed.

Kai then changed the subject, “What about you though sis, how has school been?”

All of a sudden you blurted out, “I think I like someone.” covering your mouth quickly. Kai started squealing like a teenage girl,

“omg omg what’s their name!?” He clapped his hands causing you to burst into laughter.

“Stop being silly, haha. Her name is Kim Minji” you said with a deep red tint forming on your cheeks. “We went to a cafe together and she helped me when I was…stuck on…an art project haha” you laughed nervously. You never wanted Kai to get worried about you if you told him about Jimin and her clan.

“she wants you” He joked, but little did you both know she actually did.

Minji: Would you like to go on a date Saturday evening?

Minji was pacing back and forth her apartment as she panicked at the message she impulsively sent to y/n. “You will be fine girlfriend, I doubt she would say no” Danielle gave the older girl a pat on the shoulder to reassure her.

“But what if she thinks Im some old creep who just happened to win her a plushie at the arcade and learn sign language?!” Minji pulled at her hair causing Danielle to roll her eyes.

“Puh-lease. She would never-“ the sound of the phone going off caught their attention. Minji quickly picked the phone up, reading the message aloud.

“I would love to, smiley face. SHE WANTS ME!” The Korean girl shouted before jumping around the apartment.

Dani laughed as she walked back into her room, “Nerd”

Minji laid in the sand next to y/n taking in the evening sky after a long day of playing in the water and writing in the sand. “I’ve never had this much fun since I was a kid” Y/n whispered turning to face Minji. “Thank you for accepting me Min” The words left Minji speechless at the thought of people not accepting her because of her disability.

Minji sat up, causing y/n to follow as she was concerned by the girl’s sudden movements. “You’re more than what people think you are y/n, and those who don’t accept you don’t deserve you because you are everything anyone could ask for and I-“ Pausing abruptly her heart started racing as she almost slipped up and confessed her feelings to the younger girl.

“You what?” Y/n smiled cheekily, playfully hitting Minji’s arm. Her face turning redder than the sunset as she started fumbling like the loser she was.

‘I like you, y/n’

Y/n’s eyes widened in shock, hoping she wasn’t hallucinating what she just saw you sign to her. “Like…like as a friend or-“

Before she could finish her sentence Minji grabbed her face, finally feeling the softness of y/n’s lips, the softness she had always imagined being on hers since the day she saw you in the art studio. You returned the kiss pulling her closer to you afraid it was all a lucid dream that would fade away as soon as you let go.

“Like you like you, as in I want you to be my girlfriend” Minji panted as she broke the kiss that had you feeling all kinds of butterflies.

“Such a loser” y/n giggled and threw herself in Minji’s arms. “But you’re my loser”

“SHE SAID YES!!” Minji stood up cheering for everyone to hear, “Park y/n is my girlfriend!!!” You couldn’t help but laugh at the action and when Minji turned to face you again, you couldn’t help but notice the sparkle in her eyes.

Pulling her into a hug while burying your face in her shirt you mumbled, “Kim Minji is my loser”

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ladychandraofthemoone · 1 year

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7/7 HAPPY late 7/7: have Eddie “Alaric” Gyeon, Fredrick”Fearless Freddie” Russell, Ivo Hugh Barclay, and Tobias “Toby”Stratford-Smith

Freddie’s (and alaric) design was inspired by @vita940124 and @radarvision/@gadgetini while Alaric was inspired by glowynviator’s cfr designs on Twitter.

Random notes like Alaric real name is Eddie. It’s just a nickname and he’s half Korean because I got inspired by the Korean translation of his name so he and his twin brother Eric cool design next month they’re twins and half Korean and surname symbolism, like his name in scenery or view, and I totally fits the culdee fell railway , he seen at the more optimistic and loud twin. He has dyslexia and dyscalculia alongside his brother, both r kind and friendly folks.

Freddy gives me that chill cool parent vibes, and I like to think he has like so many scars from his tails, because when he was younger, he was much more reckless and little to no sense of self preservation. Hence the scars (like the scars are in space there from when ammunition’s accident, they exploded) like he suffers from sensorineural hearing loss, so he needs a his hearing aid and he’s very good at doing both ASL and BSL.

I will is baby I bet him off a lot of 90s fades like you know those overall jumpers such as the one from the fresh prince of Belair like plaid camo striped outfits I mainly got it from Pinterest. I would positive here, but it will be really long ha ha and of course I chose every shade of purple like a fine, because I was usually seen in purple in Trainz and of course I gave him cool kicks many converse cause they were also really popular and plus of course is Lil tamogachi. He probably gave it a like full long name but his nickname is grapefruit. Also, I found out here he and Duncan r technically cousins, so I’m trying to figure how it works.

and, of course, Toby I am making a huge au based off of Tobias and half pariah and I feel like that’s where people tend to have it as a nickname and this is like a real thing but it’s not but you know I am like a huge sucker for this movie so of course I’m again told you I was gonna draw him with Henrietta but I guess I was late for the eight you and you know fun fun, soft grandpa cottage core vibes both he and ivo have glasses (square frames of course though ivo gets them later on and he totally based them off of Toby’s Toby’s cries.)

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popculturelib · 1 year

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Fanzine Friday #6: Deafula nos. 1-2, 4-5 (2010-2013) by Kerri Radley

Deafula is about Kerri's experience as a Deaf person in a hearing world, focusing on education and resources for both hearing and Deaf individuals. We have four issues of Deafula, covering topics:

Introduction to Kerri and Deafness

Insurance coverage (or the lack therof)

Employment issues

An interview with Kerri's mother

Featured here are select pages from issue no. 1 that discuss deafness and Deaf culture. Transcripts are below the read more.

The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States. Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

Transcript for pages 1-2:

I'm a twenty eight year old lady who lives in philly with a dog and a cat and I like to do fun stuff like read and go to shows and back and ride bikes and paint and I go to grad school at penn.

And, I'm deaf.

I was born with some minimal hearing loss, and no one knows where it came from. Probably not my genes, as everyone in my family is hearing, except my older brother also had a little bit of hearing loss at birth. He wore hearing aids for a short while but hated them, and now he doesn't and he is pretty normal and talks on the phone and whispers and does normal hearing people type things.

But me, when I was five years old, I contracted scarlet fever. And now I'm deaf.

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Hearing loss can occur in your outer, middle, or inner ear, for a large variety of reasons at any stage in life. Sensorineural hearing loss occurs in the middle ear, and can be due to exposure to toxic chemicals in the womb, structural abnormalities, certain antibiotics, or infections life the mumps, meningitis or my most beloved, scarlet fever. This is what I have. There is no "cure." Some people with this loss benefit from hearing aids or cochlear implants, some don't. How much hearing loss occurs is specific to each case.

Sensorineural hearing loss from an infection can occur at pretty much any stage of life, though it occurs mostly in childhood. Still, exactly when in a child's life the damage occurs can have huge ramifications. I was luck (and lucky feels like a weird way to put it, even) to contract scarlet fever when I did, because by then I had already acquired my first language, English.

Transcript for pages 7-8:

Not only is deafness a spectrum in the "medical" aspect, or level / type of loss, and in the communication aspect -- it's also a spectrum culturally. Deafness is a free standing and respected culture. This might seem weird to hearing people who think of being deaf as nothing more than a disability, but it truly exists as a community with a cultural identity. The Deaf culture has its own language (ASL), its own norms and values, its own idioms and jokes, and within it deafness is not seen as a "disability," but rather as a common attribute shared by its members to be celebrated and nurtured. Culturally deaf people don't see deafness as a detriment -- why would they when there is a large, rich, vibrant culture with an accepting community surrounding it?

Of course, where culture and identity concerned, the [next page] dividing lines get a little blurry and debatable. I can't

even speak from a position

of authority about this, as I

grew up a lone deaf girl in a hearing

world, only to be

immersed in the Deaf community later in life. In an

attempt to explain cultural deafness, though, I'll try to define the difference between little d-deaf, and capital-D Deaf. Most deaf people differentiate between the two: deaf people regard themselves as people with disabilities, and do not identify with deaf culture. They may or may not use ASL, they might not think deafness has cultural validity, they might be strongly immersed in hearing culture. Deaf people (capital D) regard themselves as members of the deaf culture and take pride in their Deaf identity. They probably use ASL as their main form of communication, are informed about their culture, and don't regard themselves as being disabled. Some people who are even hearing, but CODA (children of deaf adults) consider themselves culturally Deaf -- they can hear and speak, but they are fluent in ASL and strongly immersed and active in deaf culture.

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What do to if you encounter a deafie in the wild!

Okay, so you're at a party or at someone's house or something, and you realize there's a deaf person there. Don't panic! As long as you remember some basic guidelines for communicating with her, you'll be on your way to having a deaf friend in no time.

Don't make assumptions about how they can communicate!

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3. Do your part to include them

in the conversation!

This means the world to deaf people in social situations, really. If you have to keep asking people to

repeat what they said, or clue you in on what's going on, you can start to feel like an annoying pest and it's crummy. It helps a lot to have the people around you be conscious of your presence and do what they can to include you. Make sure your face is visible. If you say something hilarious and everyone is cracking up, but the deaf person has a wft look on her face, be nice and repeat the joke without having to be prompted. The normal flow of hearing conversation is also a really tricky beast for a deaf person. It's hard for us to make sense of the natural breaks and flows from

one person to the next. Therefore, it can be pretty hard to find the right moment to interject and can be embarrassing if you cut someone off without knowing [page ends]

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5. Above all,

treat them like

normal people!

Because they are!

Hey, you can contact me! That would be rad.

thecityonfire @ gmail . com

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Decibel chart

Hearing loss can be measured in decibel levels. My decibel thresholds are the "softest" sounds i can hear unaided!

#bgsu #disability pride month #deafness #zines #fanzine friday

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chris-continues · 1 year

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Planning to give college au vash hearing aids

I’m debating on sensorineural hearing loss bc I love the idea of him like being lazy and being like: “I have one good hearing ear :(“ and Nai is like “put ur hearing aid in rn ISTFG-“

Caused by car accident plus I’m most familiar w sensorineural hearing loss thanks to my twin brother who has it lol so I’ll lowk be projecting lol LMAO

#Chris continues having writing ideas #vash the stampede #college au vash #college au #hearing aids #Trigun #Trigun stampede

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dykethang · 7 months

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ok so i think it's confirmed now, will be getting the phonak audéo lumity hearing aids 🤔 interesting convo with the audiologist. apparently whether you're pumping sound through my outer ears or directly through the inner ear, it makes almost no difference, the level of hearing loss is exactly the same. my speech recognition is REALLY good though at 60db (R) and 65db (L) but as soon as it gets any lower i start losing my speech recognition entirely (i found this testing very stressful lol)

they actually don't even have the lumity in stock yet, because the way it works for specsavers is they buy HAs from the big brands and rebrand them as their own? white label style. so it's the same product, just cheaper and with a diff name. so it'll be the advance something or other, so i'm getting their newest product lol which is honestly amusing to me, but it's ok because we still need to get the application for funding in and approved anyway :) so that'll kill time for them to get them in and do training and such

weird to have confirmation that it IS actually sensorineural and permanent because it's often been called mixed or conductive, but now we have proof it's actually sensorineural

#cat meows #deaf #hard of hearing #hearing aids

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atimelesschild · 8 months

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OOC

I've been dealing with sensorineural hearing loss (honestly it came on really suddenly and being only 27, losing my hearing wasn't on my BINGO card). My ears are physically fine. Like textbook test results until I get to the actual stick-you-in-the-soundproof-box part. We have zero idea why. I was put on a course of steroids, which I finish tomorrow and have not, in any way, helped actually recover any hearing. So I'm looking at probably ending up with hearing aids by the end of the year.

I made the mistake of letting someone who is close to my family know because we visited her directly after my first appointment (mind you, I've been surviving on reading lips for the past month and can get by, it's just exhausting). I've more or less looked at this woman as a third grandmother and she's always treated me similar. What was her response? "You're too young for hearing aids." Like???? Miss, hearing aids aren't just an "old people thing", there's literal children who need them, but I digress. I just... How do I deal with people like this? Like we visit at least once a week and I'm honestly nervous for when I possibly end up with hearing aids. Like should I just not mention it again (she asked how the appointment went, btw) and if I need the hearing aids just...not wear them around her? I just want to avoid conflict here.

#OOC #Hearing loss #TW medical #TW Hearing loss #sensorineural hearing loss #TW Abelism #venting #I'm actually struggling with this conversation

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benitaci · 8 months

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I got shit to tell and I wanna tell you all out on here. This is how I lived my life so far. I was born with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. I had barely any hearing growing up. In fact, it took my daycare provider just banging pots and pans behind me to find that fact out. I can barely remember growing up with regular hearing aids that just didn't help me hear at all. I even started speech therapy when I was still in daycare, which is not normal where I live. Eventually, when I turned five, I have gotten cochlear implant on my right side. My family didn't have enough money, even with all the health insurances and grants, to do both sides then. It was also that same year I went into preschool. I was pretty much the quiet and weird kid who has something wrong with them and no kids quite wants to play with me. Of course I was paired up with my cousin who was the same age as me and was associated with her friends then. Really, since then, that how my entire school life was like, all the way into high school. The school was not prepared for someone like me at all as well. I was smart as fuck but didn't have the energy to even do my work because I was just fucking depressed little shit you would ever seen in your life (better but still am actually, rip). I gotten into a college, dropped out after a year because it's not just want I needed to get better life quality. I can't be arsed to follow the same pattern that I was going through while in school system then. Some shit happened around that time too and I started working a part time job in town. It was nice but I was looking for more interactions with human to keep up with my speech and all that shit but the work just kind of shuttled me off to the side. I changed jobs few times, having gained the knowledge of how the stores work and stuff like that but nothing that would help me be who I am. Now, I'm jobless because every work needs a stupid piece of paper that didn't really matters much anymore because of fucking price tag it comes with. I also am caring for someone that is dying sooner or later and I have checked out on them because I can't let myself get hurt so deeply. I've already lost few family members that didn't deserve to die so young as well. So yeah. This is my life. I left out a lot. If you got question, I can probably answer it. I just want to just vent this out and properly acknowledged that this is where I am right now.

#deaf #cochlear implant #real life #hearing aids #tw death #tw vent #tw depressing stuff

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yaniidme · 2 years

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hi hello everyone, sorry this is so late AGAIN, but hi this is kip (they/them) and i bring you my third ABSOLUTE bean yumi. i was gonna wait to bring her but i was just way too excited. she’s a daddy’s girl and flora’s maknae and just so precious i’ve fallen so hard for her. under the cut has a lot of her background and a bit of her career not elaborated on in her profiles. you can find those ( here ) & ( here ), and her pinterest board (which i am OBSESSED with) ( here ). you can find me on discord ( ichigo kurosaki solo stan#5103 ) or message me on ( @thatsohkai ) for plotting or just give this a like and i’ll come to you.

—— look who’s joining the infinite tour! only SEO YUMI , who is the LEAD VOCALIST of FLORA. i’ve heard whispers that the 24 year old is pretty ENDEARING but lowkey CAUTIOUS. also, doesn’t she/they remind you of SON CHAEYOUNG?

she was born to high school sweethearts kangjeon changbin and maxine seo in the village of biei japan september 27th, 1998, her father at the time began as an french professor at university of tokyo. yumi was supposed to be born back in her mother’s home village of jeollnam-do, sk but she was a bit too early and ended up being born in biei where her parents were temporarily living for her father’s job.

her mother died in a burglary gone wrong right around the time she started working again after yumi’s birth

changbin was devastated by his wife’s passing but after a long time of court proceedings he decided it was time to move forward raising yumi

dad pretty much raised her like a boy but in a loving ,genderless way

her father had been loving and doting her whole life, he encouraged her to do everything she wanted ( within reason ), taught her to be tough as nails and not afraid to get down and dirty while still teaching her empathy and compassion.

teaming up with his love for the outdoors he packed one and a half year old yumi up and began his journey traveling the world and teaching a myriad of languages. his goal was to see every country at least once (even if it was the airport or through on the bus or some sort of transportation) before he died, a goal he’d originally set with her mother that they’d begin when yumi started uni.

they started furthest west, the us, in erie and blouder, coloardo. he got a short term job teaching korean at university of colorado boulder. this is where yumi began the first portions of her life, she started talking learning english, korean and japanese simultaneously.

then it was on to paraiso and changbin began teaching english at santa maria la antigua catholic school.

next was são caetano do sul , brazil where he taught english and spanish at university of sao paulo

it was here in sao paulo where yumi took quite the tumble down the side of a hill while hiking with her father. she’d gotten up with what they thought were only wounded pride and cuts and bruises even though she knocked into a few rocks on the way down. but after awhile the ringing in her ears never stopped and changbin was concerned at his daughters complaints of the dimming of sound in her left ear. after a trip to the hospital it was notated that her woozy stance, v*mitting and headaches weren’t just from being shaken up from the fall but the result of a nasty concussion. )

ct scans revealed that the fall resulted in damage to her inner ear which led to/would lead to sensorineural hearing loss. and sure enough yumi lost about 80% of her hearing in that ear after suffering from a wide range of hearing related issues (i.e. soft sounds suddenly becoming to quiet or loud/normally moderate sounds too loud)

after brazil he made his way to le cannet, france where he taught korean at skema. it was here she was fitted for her first hearing aid.

he went on to ship them across the pond to helsingor, denmark and taught english at the university of coppenhagen, then to nuremberg, germany where he taught spanish at university of munik. he took a small break for a few months and they settled in mariehamn, aland islands, finnland for some daddy daughter time and then off they were off to ipoh, malaysia for a stint at universati malaya.

it was in malaysia that yumi got into kpop fully, and pondered on the idea of becoming a trainee herself

when they arrived at for her father’s job at yonsei, she’d ultimately made the decision to join vibe productions at their global auditions and flew back to japan to do so.

during their time abroad yumi was home schooled or sent to a local school. the small times at those schools or in those smaller villages pushed yumi’s dad to teach her a stable amount of most of the languages. some she speaks conversational, other’s advanced or complete mastery.

a little on her music career

yumi joined vibe productions in 2011

she was snatched up immediately bc of her visuals

even after years of practicing dances at home to counter the minor issue with her balance she still fell behind the other trainees in the dance department

vibe often told her she made up for it with her visuals and her voice

even then as they pumped out girl group after girl group and soloist after soloist they still hadn’t picked yumi, and she trained for 2.5 years with them only to not debut

she was frustrated but determined to be an idol even with her disability as her dad taught her if she wanted something the only option was to go all the way.

taking matters into her own hands she prematurely terminated her trainee contract with vibe after being stopped by a new star entertainment scout while out at coffee with some friends in japan.

shortly after joining new star they told her she was set to debut in their upcoming girl group which started GRUELING 8 month training period as she had to catch up to the other four girls

vibe convinced her to use her mother’s surname instead of her father’s upon her reveal to debut. she doesn’t mind it all and her dad feels like its a good way to honor her mother even though she didn’t really know her.

at the head of her debut she was completely bashed by kmedia bc they believed another new start trainee was booted for her to take their spot simply because she was prettier.

she often still gets ridiculed for her dance abilities

as the public got to know her she was given the “nation’s girlfriend” title in 2017 as they had grown to love her boyish charms ( think ryujin of itzy ) while still meeting what netz say is 90+% of the korean beauty standards even though she was a foreign idol. ( similar to tzuyu? )

even with her boyish charms she began to really come into her femininity with flora given their concepts and has grown more comfortable balancing both sides of her though she still considers her self a tomboy.

silver’s absence was very hard on her, but in a weird way pushed her to work harder, there was a stark difference in how she performed and carried herself during the queendom era, versus before ( think shuhua in nxde ). fans think it’s her fave bc of its in reality she hates it (think nayeon and i’m gonna be a star)

has gone viral multiple times for teaching her fans dead languages or history on live or helping with homework fans send in during them

tidbits of her personality

seems like the cute maknae but is actually super wise and a bit on the serious side but she loves a good laugh

literally showed up to the flora dorm her first day like this shag cut and all.

pretty quiet and introverted but not to the extent that she’s closed off

very whimsical and go with the flow

LOVES to get down and dirty

the type to go lay out in the rain or be found hiding in a corner outside reading a book

‘dad’ of the dorm she fixes things and does a lot of the heavy lifting and often teased the other members saying bc they’re too old in reality she just likes tinkering

she also will be the first to hop out to change a tire, change the oil , help a hurt animal on the side of the road etc.

her guilty pleasure is cozy games on switch

likes sculpting and clay work bc they’re messy

tries to at least hike, rock climb, kayak, or surf in every country they visit

globally acclaimed tomboy and is loved by most of not all sapphic fans of the industry (very moonbyul, ryujin, chaeyoung etc)

sweet and whimsical, very cottage core in mindset with a boho y2k grunge edge. she'd root for the under dog, is down for vigilante justice and is loyal as fuck. but doesn't like a lot of friends. she's quiet and loves literature, language and travel, pretty on the serious side but loves to laugh. her child really comes through sometimes and she tends to like "childish" things (plushies, pastels, cozy games, etc). everything has a place even if her room is messy. and she's feminine with an outdoorsy tomboy underneath (bc raised by dad)

find her with a book curled in a corner if she doesn’t want to be bothered

has a slight temper will scrap for flora

calico cat energy. ( iykyk )

moving around like she did made it really hard for her to make connections so she didn’t bother. her first friend was a kpop friend in japan that she went to the global audition with. and even when she became a trainee she only had one friend even in her long couple of years. it because of the short period of time it took her a good bit to warm up to flora.

the girls of flora pretty much got yumi to where she is today in terms of her femininity and fashion. for awhile she tried to be hyper feminine, growing her dark hair out etc etc, but after cutting it for a comeback she found herself desperately looking for a medium. cue her y2k grunge hippie/hobo aesthetic now.

knows asl, ksl, and jsl and often teaches fans on live as well for the fun of it.

extras

has a brown poodle named klaus and a white rat named mortimer and and black one named wednesday

had kaiso custom paint her long board that she brought on tour with her

quiet girl

but an adrenaline junkie

true crime enthusiast

would love to climb a famous mountain with her dad

her dad sends her a magnet, sticker or post card from whatever country he’s in and she always collects one thing ( often antiques ) from the countries they visited on tour

can be v reckless when comfortable

she likes idle skin ship so like absent minded touching while doing something else

iq of 148 ( thanks joonie )

has an online masters degree from colombia university double majoring in history and literature and art & archeology, got her bachelors at SU in linguistics

knows asl taught herself jsl and ksl

serial blonde rip her scalp she’ll go black at some point to give her hair a break

extensive plushie collection but gomez was the only one who made the trip

her dad is still traveling and he ships her something from every country he visits

super green, clean energy hug the earth girly, the only reason she isnt vegetarian is kbbq

and i think thats all im literally in love with her so please love her back i’m gonna add plots when my term paper isn’t looming over my head.

#infinite:intro #this is so long but i had to explain her background #vomit mention tw #injury tw

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