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- Korean culture used masked normally
- when used in the USA, people looked at her strangely
- Hard-of-hearing disability
- difficult with not seeing lips
- often needs someone with her to tell her what the
dialogue is - note pad in her purse/ talk to text app
- Hard-of-hearing & English is not first language
- Cochlear implant surgery
- Racial discrimination due to COVID
- Covid = Chinese virus?
- Harassment has increased since COVID
- “Suddenly, [when the pandemic began] I started to not
feel as safe. If you don’t feel safe in a place you call
home, that’s traumatic” (Brown, 2020).
- After COVID
- build the world back by addressing the needs of all people
- services should be reformed to serve Deaf & HOH
- Accommodations help people reach their full potential &
help society as a whole - more inclusive society