"You must be so smart because you speak so well!"
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Haha...
I get asked where in Germany I am from, then when I say I grew up in Alberta all my life and explain I am deaf:
"Oh you speak so well!"
I guess nearly all of us get that often.
For me, it is the association of my intelligence with my ability to speak well that I really hate because as a child I became paranoid about speaking so perfectly so I wouldn't get labeled dumb.
It is audism.
I can not believe what the hearing people say especially my husband's family say that my voice is not funny. But guess what? My niece took a home movie of me talking away to anyone who listen to me. With my hearing aid (only one I have is on the left ear) and totally deaf on the right ear, I was shocked to hear my voice talking very funny and not clear. Now I am wondering why they think I talk so well and think I don't have a funny voice. Hmf. That is audism.
Maybe they want us to use voice and speak without the sign language like ASL. I don't know.
I know what you mean. people have done that to me as well. It is really confusing why some people asked me why I talk funny, or made fun of me, while others say I speak well (or seem impressed) when I tell them I'm deaf. Why does it all have to do with speech?
I can not believe what the hearing people say especially my husband's family say that my voice is not funny. But guess what? My niece took a home movie of me talking away to anyone who listen to me. With my hearing aid (only one I have is on the left ear) and totally deaf on the right ear, I was shocked to hear my voice talking very funny and not clear. Now I am wondering why they think I talk so well and think I don't have a funny voice. Hmf. That is audism.
Maybe they want us to use voice and speak without the sign language like ASL. I don't know.
I know what you mean. people have done that to me as well. It is really confusing why some people asked me why I talk funny, or made fun of me, while others say I speak well (or seem impressed) when I tell them I'm deaf. Why does it all have to do with speech?
Sometimes I wonder if some people straight out lie and tell people with strong deaf voices that their speech sounds perfect, in an attempt to make the deaf person "feel better."