Recent content by Latascha

Well in my opinion a culture only exists if there is a language that is shared. I don't see that with oral deaf people. The language of Deaf people will always be sign language and since you don't need speech for signing I don't see a connection there. Of course it might be that I'm wrong...

Interesting topic. I don't think that speech has anything to do with Deaf culture. My parents were tough, I had to go through a LOT of speech therapy and as a child I absolutely hated it. Now I'm grateful because there are many situations where it comes in handy. Nevertheless I prefer sign...

It means many things and at the same time just one. It is who I am. If I think about the effects it has had on my life so far...well that'll be a very long list. I believe it is a blessing to experience two very different languages and cultures at first hand. A second world opened to me. I...

Funny to stumble upon this post again. The last 8 days I've spent at home, the kids were sick. Now that I think of it, no Tinnitus the hole time, but no HAs either. Let's see how things are tonight ;-) Sent from my iPhone using AllDeaf

Sadly, there is no law...we are fighting for it, but it is a slow and hard going process. Until two years ago or so deaf/hoh people didn't have to pay that ridiculous "tax" for the TV which isn't one officially, but that has changed. So now everyone has to pay, at least only a third of the...

Hi, Yeah, I had some problems and still have from time to time. So most of the time I just use one HA if I use one at all.. But what really helped was when the settings on my HAs were changed and I have the widest spectrum of turning the volume up an down. If I'm overworked or something it...

Germany is far behind. They made some improvements over the last few years, but still it pretty much sucks. Not all news are captioned and some channels still don't have them at all. Or one movie airs on the same channel twice. They run it at 8p.m. with captions and if you happen to miss this...

39 degrees and simply wet. No other word for it. It is pouring and still dark. Not good for my mood this morning. Sent from my iPhone using AllDeaf

Interesting feedback you got. I sometimes do it as well. Pretend I can't read lips. But I think that is something very common. My Asian friend does this as well, only she pretends to not speaking German. Or a friend from Italy, he tells people he is a tourist in bad English and that's it. The...

Trying to convince my daughter to get up and get dressed. Not an easy Job this morning. Sent from my iPhone using AllDeaf

Beautiful! Sent from my iPhone using AllDeaf

I think there are several reasons why that is. So many Hoh/deaf people are doing gret without ever learning to sign. So hearing parents have proof that it can work that way, sadly for us. When they see a deaf kid, speaking not that clearly and signing pretty well, they don't say: oh great...

I know German and German Sign Language, English and a poor portion of ASL, a little bit of French (what's left from studying it for five years) and that's about it.

Hi, this topic really touches me every time, probably like it does many other people who experienced the same. I can't give you any real advice, because only you know your parents, your relationship and how hard it is for you to miss out on certain things. Yet, I want to tell you a little...

In the late afternoon the sun was out and we had 58. Yesterday was warmer. -> Munich Sent from my iPad using AllDeaf