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Anonymous Tue 26 Apr 2011 11:26:00 No.460916 View View Reply Original Report

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It;dr Deaf guy here want to know your opinion about deaf people traveling
Hey /trv/, I want to let you know some information about myself. I am profoundly deaf with cochlear implant. With this expensive device, it enables me to hear. Even the robotically hearing, I only can speak and hear somewhat poorly but yet understandable by people who live in US. Other than that fact, I am very fluent in sign language. I am planning to travel around the world for more than 6 months and maybe more. I will be traveling with two other deaf friends.
The question is, will I have a difficult time as deaf person when traveling?
I mean…Can you imagine three deaf people traveling in some strange country using sign language in public. My gut is telling me that it will be one of the most unique thing local will ever seen in their live. My mind is filled with questions such as what locals will think/do? Will they approach us with curiously? Will we get laid? Being deaf make a bigger target for muggers? You get the idea.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 Apr 2011 13:01:00 No.460938 Report

Quoted By: >>460939 >>461164

>>460934
troll? "getting laid" always pop up every traveler's mind no matter what and you know it.

as for interpreter or hearing friends; it's not needed because of the technologies. I can do either writing on papers or using phone to communicate . my iphone have a app that can speak out what i type in my phone.

the only advantage of being deaf is that I can read body language and gestures well with people who don't know my languages. I've had similar experience with Panamanian worker in Panama who used gestures to communicate with me. i dunno.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 26 Apr 2011 13:11:00 No.460939 Report

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>>460938

>Being deaf make a bigger target for muggers?
>my iphone have a app that can speak out what i type in my phone

If you bust out your iphone every time you need to talk to someone, and are disabled, yes, it will make you a bigger target for muggers. It obviously depends where you're travelling to, but some people will beat you senseless for an iphone.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 26 Apr 2011 13:38:00 No.460951 Report

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Every day people travel to places where they cant communicate verbally at all. What you got is an edge, at least you might be understood by other deaf people( I know there are different sign languages )

Of course the experience of a trip is very different whether you speak the local tongue or not and i'm glad i speak several idioms but in your case you will be just like the average murkan visiting a non-english speaking country.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 05:03:00 No.461152 Report

Quoted By: >>461156 >>461204

>>The question is, will I have a difficult time as deaf person when traveling?
Probably a little more difficult in some cases, but don't let it stop you.
>>Can you imagine three deaf people traveling in some strange country using sign language in public.
Sure! I've seen people signing in public all over the world. Most were locals, but there were probably some tourists mixed in, too.
>>My mind is filled with questions such as what locals will think/do? Will they approach us with curiously? Will we get laid? Being deaf make a bigger target for muggers?
I suspect most people will react just as they do at home--a few will stare, or try not to and fail, some will be very curious, and some won't even notice. Chances are good that the people who stare would have stared at you just for being three random foreigners. Your risk of mugging may be slightly greater in some places, particularly if you flash your iPhone around (you'll probably want to get some phrasebooks, and point to them, the way a lot of monolingual tourists do) but there's safety in numbers. A potential mugger has no idea that none of you can hear, and you CAN hear, at least a little. As for the getting laid, beats me, but good luck. Do you normally get laid? Do you have better luck with deaf girls? If so, look for local deaf schools/colleges--if nothing else, I would want to learn some local sign language.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 05:45:00 No.461154 Report

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I traveled for a very long time- met a group of deaf girls doing just that in the middle east of all places. They were fine and had an amazing experience.

If i can fine their email addresses I will post them in this thread. All i can say is god dam were they a good time. They were able to communicate better then i was at certian points on the trip. Like in lebanon when we had to get a hostel - i guess with out prenotations of speech it's easier to connect to people with out speech.

Dude have a good time. Where you off too?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 06:05:00 No.461155 Report

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I have worked at hotels for 13 years. And let me give you a protip if you are checking in to a hotel for the love of God please in some way let the clerk know you are deaf. If you just had me your credit card and I'm checking in and giving you the breakfast times etc etc. I just wasted my words. Also I might flag your room for needs assistance in the event of a fire etc if you cant hear the alarm. I actually work with two people who can hear and are fluent in sign language and have seen them not tell deaf people they could sign because sometimes deaf people just try to play it cool like they aren't deaf until they absolutely have to break down and tell you. And I don't mind writing. Mugging is not a very common crime in the US. Dont worry about busting out the iphon but jewelry is more of a serious target. people with flashy watches, chains, rings or who flash cash are the only people I have ever known to get mugged. About once a week someone turns in a lost iphone. Nobody really wants one that bad. If you have alot of personality or are fucking rich you will get laid.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 06:07:00 No.461156 Report

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>>461152
I am also interest if deaf people usually get laid? If so with other deaf girls?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 08:36:00 No.461164 Report

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>>460938
What's the app called? Is it shit?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 10:50:00 No.461204 Report

Quoted By: >>461223

>>461156
OP here

Everyone fuck each other in deaf community but i find certain type of hearing girls much easier get into the bed.

In some way, I'm a foreigner in my own country.

>>461152
Nothing is stopping me. I am planning to do long-term traveling 6+ months in Europe and maybe go into Thailand/Japan/Australia/Hawaii as long as the fund is still good.

>>461155
The first thing I say to hearing person is "I'm deaf" and move on from there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 11:56:00 No.461223 Report

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>>461204
>>Thailand
Highly recommended. Lived there for years, and it's my favorite country in the world. In case the folks at hotels don't understand your English pronunciation (not sure how clearly you speak, but English levels in Thailand are pretty variable anyway):
???????? is Thai for "I'm deaf." I'm guessing you may have a hard time with tones, but the phrase is pronounced approximately like "pome who knew-it"), with the first word rhyming with home, and rising tones on the first two words (like a question) and a low tone on the last one.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 12:33:00 No.461235 Report

Quoted By: >>461246 >>461273

Wait, if you are deaf how can you post on the internet?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 13:22:00 No.461246 Report

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>>461235

/thread

OP is trolling

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 16:03:00 No.461273 Report

Quoted By: >>461286

>>461235

What the hell?

My deaf brother was travelling around Europe a few years ago with two deaf friends of his. As far as I know, they didn't have any major problems. None of them could hear as well as you do and probably didn't know any of the languages spoken in the countries they visited. In fact, I think many deaf people are actually much better at communicating with people who don't have a common language with them. I know my brother definitely gets his message understood much better using gestures than I trying to speak English and gesturing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 16:20:00 No.461278 Report

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>>461223
Thailand is /trv/ on easy mode, I would suggest it in a heartbeat.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 27 Apr 2011 17:00:00 No.461286 Report

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>>461273
Europe wouldn't be a problem, it's the Asian countries.

Bark

Bark Wed 27 Apr 2011 19:47:00 No.461331 Report

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Well, you'll have a more difficult time, sure. Especially in countries where at least knowing basic English isn't the norm. I bet you'll be fine in Europe and such, but Asia or Africa's gonna be harder.

Keep in mind that the people that do speak English in these places probably won't understand you, and you won't understand their broken English either with a device like that, I assume. Don't whip out an iPhone every time you're talking to someone, even a fucking blackboard thingy around your neck would be better. It'll just make you an easy target for mugging.

Getting laid is met by the same problems. In a lot of places you won't be seen as exotic but as a cripple, once they notice. At best you might be able to get some pity sex, but hell, if a girl has to choose between pity sex and hot foreign action with a guy called Pablo (he's always fucking called Pablo), guess what she'll choose?

The trip will be perfectly possible though, although just harder than it usually would be, depending on how you adapt.

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