Is that preference for email, a diehard habit, or an aid to clarify communication?
Liam: Bit of both. Emails create a trail in case I forget or if other people forget the topic or issue being discussed. Tony: I notice your business partner, in the glamour website project you are working on, is hearing. Liam: Yep. As I said most of the communication is in email and sometimes we’d talk issues through on the phone, and then summarise what was discussed in an email for future reference. Tony: Do you see yourself as promoting deaf awareness on any level? Liam: No, not really. Sometimes my work colleagues would be curious about my implant and ask me questions about it. Because I don’t sign at work they know very little about the cultural side of the Deaf community and so on. What I’m trying to say is when I’m at work I’m more hearing than deaf if that makes sense? Tony: Yes it does. So your deafness doesn’t really come into play in your work place? Liam: Not to the point where people start avoiding me or where they’re uncomfortable around me. I do have this habit of hearin
