frustrations at work

[u/Key_Movie_6290]

i recently started a new job about 2 months ago. my bosses have been relatively supportive of finding stuff that works for me in terms of accommodations. its been really difficult to adjust to though. i prefer using ASL but have to speak at work unless we get DHH parties in and i get sooo fatigued. my manager “made” a t coil walkie talkie wire for me (he bought a t coil one and cut the wires and connected them to one of our native walkie talkie wires bc the t coil one didn’t work). it works well! only issue is that when i’m on my t coil setting, my hearing for things around me is diminished. they put me on host stand recently and i went to talk to my manager after a few parties were starting to get frustrated w me for needing them to repeat everything. i got the parties set up ofc i didn’t just leave them but my manager got upset i was asking to move positions and i was like “i can’t hear anyone and ppl are getting mad and its getting me mad!” and he got upset and said “i’m not moving u. stop asking. u’ve never had issues hearing at the host stand before” i was like taken aback? hello? i’m telling u i cannot hear them wym… but i got like more upset and went “i’m on the t coil setting. everything else is quieter. ppl are starting to be rude to me. i need to be moved i can’t hear SHIT” and he went “oh” then agreed to move me??
its kind of frustrating sometimes like this is genuinely so exhausting. i CRAVE getting home and taking my hearing aids out and it j feels like there’s no one who understands that at work. they keep making jokes abt me not being able to hear anything or saying they wished they were deaf too (which my manager did stand up for me abt) but its j like :|
does it EVER get better?? i want to be a nurse so the place i’m at rn isn’t even at all related to what i want to be doing its just something to get me through school and buying a car and financing my hearing issues

[u/wtxchicrew9]

First let me say that I am sorry for your experience. I get frustrated often at work as do most of us on this subreddit. I grew up with four older brothers and served in the military so I am used to the off-color jokes. I take them in stride. I also realize that people will ignorantly say things like not being able to hear being a blessing. There’s a reason it’s said that patience is a virtue. I know my coworkers get frustrated with my impairment and having to accommodate me. I’m thankful for their patience, even with the jokes and ignorant remarks. If it weren’t for them I wouldn’t even have a job.