Deaf Signers with Glasses...

BoricuaChevere · 07-16-2012, 10:47 PM

Isn't it awkward and embarrassing when you're signing so fast or wide that you knock your.glasses clear off your face?

I was at a friends house and was signing so fast my glasses flew off lol. Share somw of your experiences!

drphil · 07-17-2012, 08:50 AM

Perhaps to avoid "glasses falling off" due to rapid signing- suggest the other person slow down.
aside: I don't sign-not exactly a "problem" so far.

Good luck in others slowing down a bit.

**Reba** · 07-17-2012, 08:57 AM

I'm not deaf but I'm a signer, and yes, it's happened to me. Not quite all the way off my face (due to style of glasses I think) but close enough.

BoricuaChevere · 07-17-2012, 08:59 AM

Lol yea I know what you mean hehe. I was watching this vid on YT about this terp who one time while interpreting for a constriction site knocked her glasses into a vad of cement rofl

**Reba** · 07-17-2012, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drphil

Perhaps to avoid "glasses falling off" due to rapid signing- suggest the other person slow down.
aside: I don't sign-not exactly a "problem" so far.

Good luck in others slowing down a bit.

It's not just a "speed" thing. Sometimes it's just the flow of the signs' positions.

I doubt that slowing down would make a big difference.

Like you said, you don't sign, so you can't really relate to the experience.

**Reba** · 07-17-2012, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoricuaChevere

Lol yea I know what you mean hehe. I was watching this vid on YT about this terp who one time while interpreting for a constriction site knocked her glasses into a vad of cement rofl

Yikes!

kristy2078 · 07-19-2012, 12:34 AM

I have done that and nearly killed someone with a fork or knife at a dinner table a few times...

MattyinAus · 07-19-2012, 02:07 AM

Haha happened to me when I get excited signing with the others. Hence why I sign fast haha.

caz12 · 07-19-2012, 09:00 AM

not happen yet but bet it do now

Irish · 07-19-2012, 11:37 PM

That's one of the reasons I started wearing contacts at the age of 13... however it still happens to me occasionally, with my sun glasses though. Lol.

stephaniep21 · 07-22-2012, 05:53 PM

Once, I was signing the music at church and I happened to be standing next to the communion table. I knocked over a jug of grape juice...luckily there was more...

Moondancer · 07-22-2012, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by stephaniep21

Once, I was signing the music at church and I happened to be standing next to the communion table. I knocked over a jug of grape juice...luckily there was more...

lol, thats what happened to me when i signed big and i knocked someone's glasses off from his hand. oops...

**KristinaB** · 07-22-2012, 07:59 PM

I'm still learning to sign, but so far, I have not run into my glasses yet. I can never wear contacts so I hope I don't have a problem.

**Jolie77** · 07-22-2012, 10:56 PM

That has happened to me countless of times! I'm a fast signer and more than half of the time, the eyeglasses/sunglasses would be skewed on my face or it flies right off, haha. Although, contact lens remains to be handy!

I like to say that signing is hazardous.

**Smithtr** · 07-23-2012, 03:49 AM

I am experience fast sign high skillls whoa awesome

lol! I am leveling to more increase skills speed sign language than other slow
lol haha! I have speed fast!

Sarfarigirl2011 · 07-23-2012, 04:53 PM

oh dear LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but one time, I somehow thought I had misplaced my glasses and they were somewhere on my bed so pretty hard to find when you're nearsighted.

07-16-2012, 10:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
BoricuaChevere Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 55	Deaf Signers with Glasses... Isn't it awkward and embarrassing when you're signing so fast or wide that you knock your.glasses clear off your face? I was at a friends house and was signing so fast my glasses flew off lol. Share somw of your experiences!

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drphil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 4,107	Perhaps to avoid "glasses falling off" due to rapid signing- suggest the other person slow down. aside: I don't sign-not exactly a "problem" so far. Good luck in others slowing down a bit. __________________ Get Real:Implanted Sunnybrook/Toronto -Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07

07-17-2012, 08:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Reba Granny Terp Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 39,105	I'm not deaf but I'm a signer, and yes, it's happened to me. Not quite all the way off my face (due to style of glasses I think) but close enough. __________________ Tell us the truth about Benghazi!

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KristinaB New SDIT Deacon Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Land of the backstroke Posts: 13,745	I'm still learning to sign, but so far, I have not run into my glasses yet. I can never wear contacts so I hope I don't have a problem. __________________ Taking life one day at a time.

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Jolie77 Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kentucky, USA (The Bluegrass State) Posts: 8,514 Blog Entries: 1	That has happened to me countless of times! I'm a fast signer and more than half of the time, the eyeglasses/sunglasses would be skewed on my face or it flies right off, haha. Although, contact lens remains to be handy! I like to say that signing is hazardous. __________________ Isaiah 33:6 - "He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure."

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07-17-2012, 08:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
BoricuaChevere Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 55	Lol yea I know what you mean hehe. I was watching this vid on YT about this terp who one time while interpreting for a constriction site knocked her glasses into a vad of cement rofl

07-19-2012, 12:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
kristy2078 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 258	I have done that and nearly killed someone with a fork or knife at a dinner table a few times...

07-19-2012, 02:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
MattyinAus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Townsville, Australia Posts: 257	Haha happened to me when I get excited signing with the others. Hence why I sign fast haha.

07-19-2012, 09:00 AM	#9 (permalink)
caz12 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 2,806	not happen yet but bet it do now

07-19-2012, 11:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
Irish Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 132	That's one of the reasons I started wearing contacts at the age of 13... however it still happens to me occasionally, with my sun glasses though. Lol.

07-22-2012, 05:53 PM	#11 (permalink)
stephaniep21 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: New York Posts: 54	Once, I was signing the music at church and I happened to be standing next to the communion table. I knocked over a jug of grape juice...luckily there was more...

07-23-2012, 03:49 AM	#15 (permalink)
Smithtr Siberian Husky Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 14,629	I am experience fast sign high skillls whoa awesome lol! I am leveling to more increase skills speed sign language than other slow lol haha! I have speed fast! __________________

07-23-2012, 04:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
Sarfarigirl2011 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,969	oh dear LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but one time, I somehow thought I had misplaced my glasses and they were somewhere on my bed so pretty hard to find when you're nearsighted. __________________ 18 yr old girl with a moderate/severe in the right and severe on the left. currently wearing purple Oticon Safari P 600s

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