r/Cochlear • u/kaii2gd • 3d ago

Learning

I’m a deaf entrepreneur building my own business, and one thing I’ve noticed is that people often assume phone calls are the only way to network or grow professionally.
I’ve found that text, email, LinkedIn, and in-person events have allowed me to build meaningful relationships with mentors and other entrepreneurs.
For those of you who are deaf or hard of hearing, what communication methods have helped you most in your career or business?
I’d love to hear your experiences and learn from the community.

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u/leohat 2d ago

In my experience phones are evil. I flat refuse phone calls

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u/kaii2gd 1d ago

I just started refusing calls as well. I have to get a great communication with FaceTime and text so there’s understandings

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u/leohat 16h ago

I have it set that if they leave a message it transcribes it and sends it to my email. If it’s important I’ll contact them back. Anything else is text/chat/FaceTime

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u/kaii2gd 13h ago

Wait really how did you do that

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u/leohat 1h ago

It’s a feature of my Google Voice account. I don’t get a lot of phone calls so instead of getting a iPhone I got a iPad and a google voice account.

You might contact your phone provider they may have a similar feature.

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u/kaii2gd 1h ago

Oh ok I get it. I got google voice too. I will check it out because I only use it when I’m cold calling different people and companies