Why when you have layrngitis do people think you're deaf?

Question

Obviously you would be able to hear them, which is impossible for a deaf person.

I'm a grocery cashier so I'm required to talk all day/night. Today I had absolutely no voice at all but since it wasn't considered bad enough to stay home, 90% of everyone could figure out what I was saying by mouthing my words. But I had a handful of women come through my line who were talking normally and then halfway through they created their own sign language that they were trying to communicate with me instead becasue they were sure that I was deaf. If I was deaf, I wouldn't have the position that I do.

Answer 1

U can't talk loud so they can bearly hear you but it's really them who can't hear... lol

Answer 2

I find that it is the 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you' syndrome! People don't realize they have this but I find that they act towards you they way they want you to act towards them. So, in this case, they want the person with laryngitis to speak louder so they speak louder hoping the other person will too! In the case of deaf people, it is the human ego that takes over. The desire to be heard no matter what. Deaf people can't hear but we still try hoping that some of what we are saying gets absorbed! Humans are funny!

Answer 3

When I get it, which is often, people around me at work, tend to talk softer or whisper. A way of mocking me, of course, but that's the way they do me. I have had a couple talk louder picking at me but not too many.
They really don't think too hard on the subject. Some things come naturally. Like saying "Bless you", when someone sneezes. Passing your hands in front of a person with a blindfold, or eye drops in their eyes. And of course, yawning after seeing someone else do it.
Its just in our nature, I guess. I am sure they mean no harm or disrespect.

Answer 4

Never heard of this. Maybe only people who are ignorant of the deaf community.