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Hi, I'm interested in teaching in Korea, I've done as much research as I can, but there's one thing I haven't been able to find any information on.

I have a hearing disability, I wear hearing aids, without them, I can hear maybe 50% as well as the average person, ~80% with them in. Should I be too fussed about it? I know that Immigrations does a health check on your arrival, but from what I've heard, that's mostly for STIs, so I'm not overly worried about that, what I'm worried about is how recruiters will react to it. Is it something I should mention in my resume? Or should I leave it out and hope noone notices/cares? The ones I normally wear are super low profile, most people never even notice that they're in.

Thank you for your time, I tried searching this forum for a related post, could not find a thing.

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Unfortunately, there's a hearing test as part of the medical exam, and recruiters are unlikely to want to work with you when they have less complicated candidates to work with. While I'm nor sure that you would fail the medical exam, recruiters are likely to give you some nonsense about your hearing aids scaring the children, assuming you can get a recruiter to actually talk to you (sometimes a difficult task).

This could vary depending on gender and physical attractiveness. The fact that you're Aussie isn't going to help you much.

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[Keeper]

Many students have a tendency to talk in very soft voices. I can barely hear them at times. They are very shy when speaking in front of others. When you add in a very thick accent I have to question your plans to teach here. Have you done any ESL teaching previously? If not then ask to either sit in on a class or try to volunteer for tutoring. I think many employers would question your ability to teach and I also question it to be perfectly frank. The proof will be if you have successfully taught ESL before. If you can do the work you should be given a chance but can you do it given their soft voices? It's like a whisper at times. Remember, there is always China. You might have a better chance there.