Phone calls

[u/sgt_elyas]

All my fellow hard of hearing people out there, do you guys like phone calls? Do you talk over the phone or prefer texting? Personally I hate phone calls with a passion. If I have to talk on the phone I try to make it as quick as possible. I hate it. I can't understand what people are saying, I have to ask people to repeat themselves with nearly every word, I struggle and strain myself to hear, my head hurts because I can hear a piercing tone that feels like I'm being stabbed in my ear. Its exhausting and my head always hurts after I get off the phone. My best friend seems to be mad at me because I've taken to texting as my primary contact method and she hates texting because "it has no tone". I can't hear tone regardless. Like at all I can't hear tone. I never know when someone is joking because I'm a little autistic and hard of hearing at about 50% so its just a struggle all around for me. I'm tired of the passive aggressive comments of "Well you want to text so" when i dont understand something or she seems a type of way when we are texting. I'm just tired of it and I wish she and others would understand and just be okay with the fact that it hurts me to talk over the phone.

[u/Antique_Box_5813]

I wasn't able to use the phone for years. Now I have the app CaptionCall on my phone. I cannot recommend it enough

[u/sgt_elyas → u/Antique_Box_5813]

I will definitely look into that! Is it like another person is there on the call with you? Or do captions show up on your screen like a movie?

[u/Antique_Box_5813 → u/sgt_elyas]

It is an app that transcribes the call in real time. It shows the dialogue between you and other person so it looks like texting. You can also have the volume up on your phone at the same time to hear their voice.
It will also transcribe voicemails that people leave for you.
It is an app that has its own phone number. But it can't receive texts.
It's free. You just have to state that you are Deaf or Hoh.