What are good questions to ask a deaf person in an interview?

Question

what are good questions to ask a deaf person in an interview? About their life, schooling, family and their opinions on being deaf and how they interact with a hearing world?

Answer 1

just say hi love u''

Answer 2

I think if you don't know anything about the sign and hand language for the deaf and mute, you should ask your question in writing and let the candidate to answer orally. The deaf (not completely damaged his or her hearing ability) can live in this world with hearing aides. I use my hearing aide occasionally for talking my relatives in the US and Canada on the phones.

Answer 3

If it is for a job interview, you must be realistic.

You need to ask if they have any special requirements such as a TTY telephone, or a red flashing light in their office as they would be unable to hear a fire alarm etc.

If it is just a general interview, by all means ask about the subjects you stated. Let them know that you are interested in knowing about their life, not interested in them being deaf.

They are like anybody else - just be honest & direct as you would with a person with good hearing abilities.

Answer 4

How old were they when they were diagnosed with a hearing loss?

What type of school did you go to? (Mainstream, School for the Deaf etc)

Did/do you use an FM system?

Did you lip-read? Do you find it difficult?

How do Hearing people react when they find out your Deaf?

Do you interact with the hearing world or the Deaf world more? Why?

How do you feel about cochlear implants? (Depending on their answer more questions on this topic can be asked, like about future children with hearing loss) etc.

If you need more send me an email. I am hearing but have been involved with Deaf culture for years. I am currently a speech pathology and audiology major.

Answer 5

can you read lips?

how do they imagine the sound of something that is a normally distinguishable sound like the ringing of a phone or door bell if they have never heard anything in their whole life.

have they been deaf their whole life?  if not...how did they become deaf?

do they get any different treatment from strangers like bad looks or frustration or overly helpful people trying to give extra nice treatment to a "disabled" individual?

does not being able to hear inhance other senses?

What do they think about the thought of music not being able to hear it?

can they hear their own body?  (ya know how if you plug your ears you can hear your blood rushing or your stomache rumbling?)...that might be a stupid question though but its something I kinda wonder.

Answer 6

I think it would be great to ask them..

-Is society accommodating to your needs?

-Are government laws that protect the disabled really helping?  What could they do to improve?

-What would you want all hearing people to know about being deaf in order to be more sensitive and accommodating?

Answer 7

Is this interview for the purpose of hiring for a job?  For a newspaper? etc.  If it is for a job, then your questions cannot be any different than for another person.  However, if you need to know what accommodations are needed to be successful, then that is fair.  Fair labor practices requires your questions to avoid being "personal" to the point that it could lead to discrimination ...

If it is for something like, school, or for a newspaper, then questions like:

a) how did you become deaf?

b) what are ways you communicate with family, friends, co-workers, other students, etc.?

c) do you wish you were hearing? (not on job interview)

d) what school did you go to?

e) what did you think of your experience in school?

and so on

Answer 8

The same ones you'd ask a hearing person, possibly?!  A person is not defined by their deafness.  I note you said what questions would you ask - implying a hearing mechanism is needed, though of course I do not know the circumstances - a deaf person with a hearing aid is effectively, no longer deaf.  If we are talking about a job interview and I knew one person was deaf, I might deliberately make a task or question more visual and make sure all candidates did it as I could anticipate that this could be a strength of a deaf person which might make assessment fairer and redress the weakness of the deafness/