How to break into film industry w/ hearing loss?
I really love acting, in spite of the fact that it is a difficult and cutthroat industry, but I think I have the right kind of temperament for it. I have thick skin, and I’m dedicated to what I love.
I also suffer from a hearing loss, and I’ve been mainstreamed (I’ve gone to a public non-deaf specified school, no deaf/hearing impaired only classes or support groups). I really want to act, but I’m unsure if I will only be able to the special tv episoide as the “deaf girl” (if that, because I don’t know ASL, don’t idenfity w/ deaf culture). I want to do work in this industry becasuse I love it, so how would I overcome typecasting, and be able to do the diffrent roles I want to? (The difficulty of getting a job in the first place put aside). When I say diffrent, I would like to know how I could get non-deaf/hearing impaired character roles, since (obviously) there is more roles under that out there.
Please help, I really am passionate about this, and I want to be an ACTRESS, not just a tv role whenever a girl from a hearing impaired family gets killed on law and order. I’m very serious about this!! I have an appointment set up w/ the ear doctor to see if I can get smaller hearing aids, so that it’ll be less of a obstacle to overcome.
BTW, I suffer from moderatly severe hearing loss, and the damage is in the nerve endings of my ear - meaning that it could only be fixed w/ stem cells.
January 31st, 2009 at 9:14 am
well I’m not into acting so i don’t know how you would go about actually getting the job but something you may not know is that the actor that played the hulk on the original tv show was also hard of hearing and he still does movies and tv shows and i don’t think hes ever played a deaf/hard of hearing person i don’t know if that helped any but yeah
February 2nd, 2009 at 8:15 am
you wouldent be typecasted. As long as you are oral which are and do no sound al nasal. then would no be.
Only if did no speak you are typecast. is illegal if wont let you work because deaf. Really is easy. They are prepare all kind dissable people. Have “Terps” also assistant. you are no type cast as “Deaf” girl. you are only HOH.
Hope helps you!