Ty Phillips / Staff Writer

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Not only should people stop yelling to stop miscommunication, but also, some hard-of-hearing people may have heightened sensitivity.  “We have longer hairs on our ears, making a lot of things overwhelming,” Sayre said. “Often when I have my hearing aids in I will be having a conversation with one person, and if I hear another conversation I will respond to that one.”  People often think being Deaf is a disability, but this is not the case for everyone. Some Deaf people see being deaf as a “gift” that allows them to connect to the world in other ways. Hearing people may think that just because a person is hard of hearing they can talk about that person.   “There is this girl in my class who would talk badly about me when I was standing directly next to her,” Sayre explained. “She assumed that I wouldn’t be able to hear her just because I wear hearing aids.” Being kind is something that people tend to forget when it comes to disabled people.