{"id":12365,"date":"2010-11-18T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T15:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=12365"},"modified":"2010-11-18T12:57:39","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T17:57:39","slug":"deaf-residents-asking-people-not-to-hang-up-when-they-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/11\/18\/deaf-residents-asking-people-not-to-hang-up-when-they-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf Residents Asking People Not To Hang Up When They Call"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deaf Residents Asking People Not To Hang Up When They Call<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Anayeli Ruiz
\nNewsWest 9<\/p>\n

All it takes is a minute of your time. That’s what deaf residents and their
\ninterpreters in Big Spring want people and businesses around the community
\nto do.<\/p>\n

More and more deaf people are becoming independent and when interpreters
\ncall you it’s on behalf of them who most likely want to know more about any
\ngoods or services. On Tuesday, the Big Spring Economic Development Office
\nand Howard College teamed up to get the word out on how not to hang up and
\nnot to be scammed.<\/p>\n

A simple hello and a phone call is common for everyone to make but what if
\nyou needed to call your doctor or order a pizza but you suffered from
\nhearing loss.<\/p>\n

“It really hurts us it’s a service we need the most,” Cathy Weldon said.
\nWeldon has suffered with hearing complications all her life and both of her
\nparents are deaf. She had to learn sign language not only to communicate
\nwith her family but to be able to understand a simple conversation. She
\nknows how frustrating it is when people hang up on you because they think
\nyou’re trying to scam them.<\/p>\n

“It’s a true service, we need people who can interpret for those who don’t
\nhave a video phone. They can help us with the outside world, we use it
\nconstantly everyday,” Weldon said.<\/p>\n

The phone line works like a regular phone, you dial the number and an
\ninterpreter shows up on the screen. The deaf person will sign what he or she
\nhas to say and the interpreter will let the person on the other line know
\nwhat the deaf person said. Sometimes the person on the other line hangs up
\nbefore they hear the whole story.<\/p>\n

“It’s a freedom for us and the scammers have taken advantage and they have
\nhurt us. They have made fun of us all our life and told us we weren’t
\nintelligent,” Weldon said.<\/p>\n

That’s why the Big Spring Economic Development Office hosted a luncheon as a
\nway for Big Spring businesses and individuals to become more comfortable
\nserving hearing impaired customers.<\/p>\n

“We have a big community, a lot of our neighbors are deaf. This is a better
\nway to get to know them and earn a new costumer,” Debbye Valverde with the
\nBig Spring Economic Development Office, said..<\/p>\n

With the holidays around the corner, all they are trying to do is bring
\nawareness. Although, there are some who might use this line for scamming,
\nthere are some red flags that you might look at.<\/p>\n

“Fraudulent calls usually order anything in stock, multiple credit card
\nnumbers some may not go through. And they want to have it shipped to another
\nlocation or other credit card than the primary user. Sometimes even places
\noverseas,” Eileen Alter with the Public Utilities Commission, said.<\/p>\n

“I feel like a human being when I do things for myself. Before I had to
\nknock on a door, interrupt someone’s day and life, it’s hard something hard
\nto do,” Weldon said.<\/p>\n

Organizers hope the luncheon will help spread the fact that not everyone is
\ntrying to pull a fast one and that the hearing impaired are just people
\ntrying to live their lives like everyone else.<\/p>\n

Source:
\n http:\/\/www.newswest9.com\/Global\/story.asp<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deaf Residents Asking People Not To Hang Up When They Call by Anayeli Ruiz NewsWest 9 All it takes is a minute of your time. That’s what deaf residents and their interpreters in Big Spring want people and businesses around…<\/p>\n

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