AquaBlue

Inquiring minds (me) want to know.

Deafness

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doh

covering their mouth when they talk!!

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Monkey, killing monkey, killing monkey.
Over pieces of the ground.
Silly monkeys give them thumbs,
They make a club.
And beat their brother down.
How they survive so misguided is a mystery.
Repugnant is a (not dismal) creature who would
Squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven, conscious of his fleeting time here

shel90

Thinking that ASL will interefere with deaf children's ability to develop oral language or their educational progress.

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Shel~

"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child." -George Santayana

horselover61

Wont look at you when you try to lip read.

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Angel

"Why are you teaching your hearing son sign language, he's not deaf" (my ex mother in law said that to me.)

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"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is brought in our life, OR in the life of another." ~ Helen Keller

shel90

My mother in law said the same thing too about my 2 year old. I can undy where u are coming from.

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Shel~

"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child." -George Santayana

Angel

And the sad part is my son refused to sign in front of others while growing up, but now hes willing to, cause I finally told him how I felt.

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"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is brought in our life, OR in the life of another." ~ Helen Keller

Roadrunner

Thread moved here from 'General Chat'--




Hmm...I'll add one: "Can you HEAR me now?"




~RR

AquaBlue

I once held the same ignorance as any other hearing person. This documentary (below) changed my entire perspective; now I fully understand where the Deaf community is coming from and I agree!

Angel

I personally haven't seen this movie yet but my sister has. I really want to see it.

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"When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is brought in our life, OR in the life of another." ~ Helen Keller

Cheri

I saw that movie, I did not even like it at all, I was so surprised to see hearing parents not allowing their cochlear implant children to use sign language, only focus on speech and hearing.

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AquaBlue

Well it was important for me because it opened my eyes to the Deaf view point.

Cheri

What ticks me off about hearies are:

When I tell them I'm deaf, their respond would be "Oh I'm sorry" and then walks off.

When some hearing parents refused to sign with their deaf children. (with or without the use of cochlear implants)

When some hearies shouts while talking to me, It doesn't make me hear any better when they're shouting--they're making me more deafer.

When some hearies turned their face away while talking to me, It's like hello? I have to read your lips.

When some hearies chew on their gum while talking to me, It's like watching a cow eating.

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God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow and sun without rain, But God did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears and light for the way.

Cheri

More about do and don't wishing list for hearing people.

http://www.alldeaf.com/our-world-our...make-list.html

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AquaBlue

Thanks Cheri! Great link.

Cheri

You're welcome.

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God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow and sun without rain, But God did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears and light for the way.

Tousi

When medical personnel approach parents of a new-born with long sad faces and tell them that they bring the awful, sad news that their baby is deaf. Kinda getting off on the wrong foot, eh?

Byrdie714

When you are in bed, the hearing person wants to have the lights off when I want to have the light on.....

Afterall we do like to see the expression of pleasure on your faces.

LakeTahoe

Can you read my lip?! (I hate when some men have long mustache and not trim well to read lip)

Some hearies do make fun of us (deaf), that tick me off

While I tried make a phone call on VRS, some hang up on me.. ugghhh And seem that person don't want to deal with deaf person...

I don't remember what else...

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LittleCat

When someone turns away when talking to me-the worst is when they keep turning and talking over and over....I will NOT chase your mouth

When people notice my HA's and start talking as loud as they can and usually over ununciating.

When hearies assume because I have HA's that we cannot communicate, and they look for someone else to help them

When people apologize to me for my deafness!!!

Chase

This list of complaints covers what ticks me off very well. Depending on their degree of deafness, I'm sure most deafies at AD will agree with most items on the list.

But I'll be surprised if they agree that the common denominator is really people who are so extremely self-centered that they can't think of how others communicate.

Speaking poorly so some can't understand is really the same kind of ignorance many writers have when they write poorly. In fact, some here are proud of their sorry, almost illiterate English, and they write horribly on purpose just to make people angry.

It's the same with people who make it hard on deafies. They just don't care about others, and many are proud how they confuse people who depend on reading for their communication.

Angel

My dad has a long mustache and there are times I had trouble reading his lips and when that happens, he would pull his mustache up and then repeat what he said, He was soo hilarious when he does that, I just love him, he's such a cutie

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AquaBlue

Hmm. I need to trim my goatee pronto.

Secretblend

Kalista

good morning = began of the Day

Bye - see you tomorrow = end of the Day.....

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Kalista

cigar on the mouth, frustrate to catch the lip reading..

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jillio

That's a good one Tousi. And a very important variable in the attitude that parents develop right off the bat.

Chase

Good joke. I like it. But in reality, it's not goatees or even beards. It's long, droopy mustaches which cover the lips.

The one about Angel's dad holding up his mustache when he talks is hilarious. I've had one speaker do that, but he was stretching his upper lip so bad that I was snickering and couldn't read his lips anyway.

jillio

Good one!

Secretblend

I can imagine you sitting there trying not to laugh..