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arfie
arfie

has anybody resumed real time/unmasked therapy and/or medical visits?


hearing issues have effectively banned me from the covidic zoom boom. masks eliminate lip reading and facial expressions which help me communicate, despite the hearing issues. with the sudden and seemingly complete take over of virtual reality, i don't even know how to ask the questions on whether or not there is still pro support available for the hearing impaired.


thoughts? experience?

MelT2020
MelT2020
Not sure it's the safest, but I've been going to all kinds of in person medical appointments with my mom for over a year. I was a bit more nervous when she had a hospital stay for a week in March 2022. She didn't test positive for covid. But each day she was in the hospital more and more signs appeared on patients' doors stating COVID positive room. The doctors were working hard to get my mom discharged.
MelT2020
MelT2020
To answer your initial question: all the medical visits have been mask required
arfie
arfie
i'm still not properly afraid of the bug.

my major problem is communication. i don't hear reliably. lip reading and facial expressions are critical communication tools for me. phone/digital conversations are somewhere between comedy, tragedy and just plain hard work.
Bluebird20
Bluebird20
They have in NJ people that will help hard of hearing people in medical appointments. We had people come to where I worked to help interpret for the deaf.. Most of the deaf people at my job did sign language. I think there's an Assoc for the Hearing Impaired and Deaf. Maybe if you don't get someone to help.. You can write out your concerns to the doctors
arfie
arfie
alas, my hearing is not bad enough to qualify me for such assistance. with full face cues and patience from the pros, i can usually muddle my way through and old world doctor visit, but the old world is long gone.

dunno. . . i didn't have that much faith in the pre-corona medical system. post corona? ? ? is ^it^ even over yet? nobody's saying. . . even pre-corona, making the appointment was the hard part since it is ALL telephonic. with all the new rules attached, med/psych pros may just be more trouble than they are worth. i don't even know how to ask the questions any more, much less whether i'll be able to understand the answers, if i ever do find the right questions. the right answers to the wrong questions never have gotten me far.
Bobby5000
Bobby5000
If you think personal visits are better, I think you should seek them. Our psych wanted in person with masks.
arfie
arfie
i can't read lips nor read facial expressions through a mask. the mask muffle increases the hearing problems. communication disabled. no point to seeing a doctor whom you cannot communicate with.

just mask it all. . .
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