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So, my boyfriend has just gotten an email about a phone interview, and is trying to figure out
a) if he should (which he's expecting the answer is yes)
b) when he should
c) how he should
disclose impairment that specifically interferes with interviewing.

In particular he has auditory discrimination disorder that is by far worst on phones. He'd not be using the label of SPD, and instead would be explaining that he has difficulty with phones because when on a phone he is hearing impaired even though while not on a phone he is not because of difficulty processing the sound properly, but any other advice would be great - especially from people who have needed to go through this before.

He's willing to do the phone interview, not asking for them to skip the phone interview or such, but he wants them to be aware that he has issues in this area, that they will be likely to need to repeat themselves more often than otherwise, that they'll need to talk slower than otherwise, and so on. They will need to treat him like he's hearing impaired, because while on a phone he is.

Advice necessary.

(09-10-2012, 08:20 PM)Tuttleturtle Wrote: [ -> ]So, my boyfriend has just gotten an email about a phone interview, and is trying to figure out
a) if he should (which he's expecting the answer is yes)
b) when he should
c) how he should
disclose impairment that specifically interferes with interviewing.

In particular he has auditory discrimination disorder that is by far worst on phones. He'd not be using the label of SPD, and instead would be explaining that he has difficulty with phones because when on a phone he is hearing impaired even though while not on a phone he is not because of difficulty processing the sound properly, but any other advice would be great - especially from people who have needed to go through this before.

He's willing to do the phone interview, not asking for them to skip the phone interview or such, but he wants them to be aware that he has issues in this area, that they will be likely to need to repeat themselves more often than otherwise, that they'll need to talk slower than otherwise, and so on. They will need to treat him like he's hearing impaired, because while on a phone he is.

Advice necessary.

perhaps he can give the interviewer a heads up about his auditory issue on the phone and see if they can give him a list of possible questions they may be asking him in advance. It is much easier to process from a limited than an open set of questions. At our facility we have some "standard" interview questions