The Talking Deafie - Page 6

**KristinaB** · 07-25-2010, 08:10 PM

I've noticed, growing up, I was a massive talker. You could just not shut me up at all, even in my sleep I would talk. Since I lost all my hearing I don't talk as much and I hate to be out in public as much. Hubby says I have even stopped talking in my sleep. He and daughter say I sign in my sleep though. So, I guess I replaced my talking with signing in my sleep. I've hit hubby a couple of time while signing in my sleep as well.

MDCodeRedFreak · 07-30-2010, 12:39 PM

I'm one of the oral deafies.

bwright6 · 07-31-2010, 01:56 AM

All I was taught growing up was speech, so I suppose I am oral

In my Deaf Education courses I try to sign more, but most of them don't know sign, so... I have to use my voice...

Nanita · 09-19-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by souggy

I can talk, but most people don't think I am deaf. They just think I am some foreigner. O.o.

Same with me!

I'm brazilian and many people think I'm italian, lol. I was born deaf, severe-profound loss in the left ear, and profound in the right ear.

Hohtopics · 09-20-2010, 06:05 AM

Another talkie deaf in here. I've also been told that my speech has gotten better since I got the CI.

drphil · 09-21-2010, 06:49 PM

That should not be a surprise-you can hear your own voice-now. Most people automatically lower their voice-if thought to be too loud. Since my implantation my voice has dropped-apparently I was too loud-previously while deaf. I am the "label real/oral deaf."

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**KristinaB** · 09-21-2010, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drphil

That should not be a surprise-you can hear your own voice-now. Most people automatically lower their voice-if thought to be too loud. Since my implantation my voice has dropped-apparently I was too loud-previously while deaf. I am the "label real/oral deaf."

Implant-Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07

I am total deaf, have been for 4 years. Family says I talk too quiet or normally. When I had my HA's previously, I was always too loud. When I was between HA's, I spoke quietly. Makes no sense.

sheila022 · 09-21-2010, 07:17 PM

Oral deafie here and been like that for my whole life! I prefer to speak.

DeafGoober · 09-21-2010, 07:48 PM

I am severe-profound and talk very well, thanks to mainstream, hearing family, and speech therapy for almost 4 years.

Many people don't think I'm Deaf either. They believe since I can hear with a hearing aid that I can understand and even though I can hear well with a hearing aid that I'm not Deaf. I even had someone tell me that I was making this up and that I was only fooling myself.

Guess it's safe to say that I'm an Oral Deafie as well?

Hohtopics · 09-22-2010, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drphil

That should not be a surprise-you can hear your own voice-now. Most people automatically lower their voice-if thought to be too loud. Since my implantation my voice has dropped-apparently I was too loud-previously while deaf. I am the "label real/oral deaf."

Implant-Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07

Your voice becomes more "crisp" hearing certain speech sounds, particularly the low frequency's, better with the implant. It also helps improve your oral and chest resonance (i.e. voice coming from your mouth and chest). As opposed to the hearing aids that tended to make the profoundly deaf person's speech to be more "nasal" (i.e. coming through the nose).

Hohtopics · 09-22-2010, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by KristinaB

I am total deaf, have been for 4 years. Family says I talk too quiet or normally. When I had my HA's previously, I was always too loud. When I was between HA's, I spoke quietly. Makes no sense.

Are you currently wearing hearing aids? Cause a person's voice could get softer and quieter after not getting amplification over time.

Hohtopics · 09-22-2010, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DeafGoober

I am severe-profound and talk very well, thanks to mainstream, hearing family, and speech therapy for almost 4 years.

Many people don't think I'm Deaf either. They believe since I can hear with a hearing aid that I can understand and even though I can hear well with a hearing aid that I'm not Deaf. I even had someone tell me that I was making this up and that I was only fooling myself.

Guess it's safe to say that I'm an Oral Deafie as well?

Sounds like it (i.e. no pun intended)! And seeing that you're new here, welcome to the forum!

**KristinaB** · 09-22-2010, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by HHIssues

Are you currently wearing hearing aids? Cause a person's voice could get softer and quieter after not getting amplification over time.

HA's and CI's are no good for me. I have no ear drums and no cochlea. I am absolutely total deaf. I am totally happy that way. Have been like this for 4 years now.

HearMyHands · 09-22-2010, 07:14 PM

I am a talking deafie, I guess.

I was born hearing.
Became HOH at 16.
I'm now almost 19 and profoundly deaf.

I don't prefer to talk anymore now that I can't hear myself, but I can talk. I still use my voice with people close to me.

**Daredevel7** · 09-30-2010, 05:13 PM

I am definitely an oral deafie. Born profoundly deaf and wore HAs until 2008. That's when I got the CI. I did learn sign about the same time I got the CI, but it's very limited. I've also made several deaf friends in the past few years. However, I've always talked. Maybe a little too much.

As my mom used to say, "Once we taught Vicky how to talk, she never stopped."

P.S. I'm Vicky.

deafannieboo · 10-05-2010, 09:49 AM

im a talkin Deafie! i sign too. most people dont know im profound at first.

BecLak · 11-09-2010, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWriteAlex

Yup, I get that all the time. People have though I am Austrian, Spanish, and South African. LOL!

A lot of people I meet ask me, "Where is your accent from?" Maybe I should start telling them "Deafland."

I like that! I'm a Talking Deafie, raised mainstreamed in a totally oral environment. Getting tired of using my voice though. Learning Sign Language pretty fast now. I sim-com to my hearing kids so they can learn sign as well. Glad to get to know sign language and the Deaf community.
Now I can choose to take time out to just being me, who I am without having to pretend I'm hearing. Most people, with the exception of Audis and children,
don't know I'm severely-deaf. They just put it down to 'accent'.

kokonut · 11-09-2010, 11:23 PM

I just happen to be a person with a hearing loss who prefer to talk and listen. No biggie. Oh, and with a bit of a southern accent to go with it, too.

**Jiro** · 11-09-2010, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

I just happen to be a person with a hearing loss who prefer to talk and listen. No biggie. Oh, and with a bit of a deaf accent to go with it, too.

fixed it for you.

faire_jour · 11-09-2010, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiro

fixed it for you.

Nope, I've heard him talk. He definitely has an accent, but it isn't the "deaf accent".

**Jiro** · 11-09-2010, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by faire_jour

Nope, I've heard him talk. He definitely has an accent, but it isn't the "deaf accent".

so did I

kokonut · 11-09-2010, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by faire_jour

Nope, I've heard him talk. He definitely has an accent, but it isn't the "deaf accent".

Yep. If you can't hear it, don't assume it.

faire_jour · 11-09-2010, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiro

so did I

Then you know better.

**Jiro** · 11-09-2010, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by faire_jour

Then you know better.

deaf accent. it's subjective. what does it supposed to sound like then?

**Jiro** · 11-09-2010, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

Yep. If you can't hear it, don't assume it.

so you're not deaf?

faire_jour · 11-09-2010, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiro

so you're not deaf?

I was under the impression that he was hoh not deaf.

souggy · 11-09-2010, 11:33 PM

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Define deaf accent. Hearing people thought I was faking it because I don't have a "deaf accent," but it's definitely not anything from North America.

One hearing ADer said she really had to pay attention to pick up an indicator since my accent not even remotely the same as any Deaf or HoH individuals she have met.

faire_jour · 11-09-2010, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by souggy

Wirelessly posted

Define deaf accent. Hearing people thought I was faking it because I don't have a "deaf accent," but it's definitely not anything from North America.

One hearing ADer said she really had to pay attention to pick up an indicator since it's not even remotely the same as any Deaf or HoH individuals she have met.

I believe it. I have met several deaf people who don't "sound deaf", and I am totally willing to be honest about it.

**Jiro** · 11-09-2010, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by faire_jour

I was under the impression that he was hoh not deaf.

is this true, kokonut?

souggy · 11-09-2010, 11:40 PM

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Why troll him about it? He blogged about it, and told us how much he could hear.

07-30-2010, 12:39 PM	#152 (permalink)
MDCodeRedFreak Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In a place where Code Red flows Posts: 1,642	I'm one of the oral deafies. __________________ ~The Code Red Freak

11-09-2010, 11:23 PM	#168 (permalink)
kokonut Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 15,348	I just happen to be a person with a hearing loss who prefer to talk and listen. No biggie. Oh, and with a bit of a southern accent to go with it, too. __________________ Before AD. After AD. "Restriction on free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us." -Thurgood Marshall, former Supreme Court Justice "... turns out they are telling the truth."

11-09-2010, 11:33 PM	#177 (permalink)
souggy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 9,541	Wirelessly posted Define deaf accent. Hearing people thought I was faking it because I don't have a "deaf accent," but it's definitely not anything from North America. One hearing ADer said she really had to pay attention to pick up an indicator since my accent not even remotely the same as any Deaf or HoH individuals she have met. __________________ "It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don’t understand it." - Richard Freynman Last edited by souggy; 11-09-2010 at 11:35 PM.

11-09-2010, 11:40 PM	#180 (permalink)
souggy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 9,541	Wirelessly posted Why troll him about it? He blogged about it, and told us how much he could hear. __________________ "It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don’t understand it." - Richard Freynman

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07-25-2010, 08:10 PM	#151 (permalink)
KristinaB New SDIT Deacon Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Land of the backstroke Posts: 13,779	I've noticed, growing up, I was a massive talker. You could just not shut me up at all, even in my sleep I would talk. Since I lost all my hearing I don't talk as much and I hate to be out in public as much. Hubby says I have even stopped talking in my sleep. He and daughter say I sign in my sleep though. So, I guess I replaced my talking with signing in my sleep. I've hit hubby a couple of time while signing in my sleep as well.

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07-31-2010, 01:56 AM	#153 (permalink)
bwright6 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 64	All I was taught growing up was speech, so I suppose I am oral In my Deaf Education courses I try to sign more, but most of them don't know sign, so... I have to use my voice...

09-20-2010, 06:05 AM	#155 (permalink)
Hohtopics Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,033	Another talkie deaf in here. I've also been told that my speech has gotten better since I got the CI.

09-21-2010, 06:49 PM	#156 (permalink)
drphil Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Toronto Ontario Posts: 4,120	That should not be a surprise-you can hear your own voice-now. Most people automatically lower their voice-if thought to be too loud. Since my implantation my voice has dropped-apparently I was too loud-previously while deaf. I am the "label real/oral deaf." Implant-Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07

09-21-2010, 07:17 PM	#158 (permalink)
sheila022 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,536	Oral deafie here and been like that for my whole life! I prefer to speak.

09-21-2010, 07:48 PM	#159 (permalink)
DeafGoober Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 2	I am severe-profound and talk very well, thanks to mainstream, hearing family, and speech therapy for almost 4 years. Many people don't think I'm Deaf either. They believe since I can hear with a hearing aid that I can understand and even though I can hear well with a hearing aid that I'm not Deaf. I even had someone tell me that I was making this up and that I was only fooling myself. Guess it's safe to say that I'm an Oral Deafie as well?

09-22-2010, 07:14 PM	#164 (permalink)
HearMyHands Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: California, United States Posts: 10	I am a talking deafie, I guess. I was born hearing. Became HOH at 16. I'm now almost 19 and profoundly deaf. I don't prefer to talk anymore now that I can't hear myself, but I can talk. I still use my voice with people close to me.

09-30-2010, 05:13 PM	#165 (permalink)
Daredevel7 Adrenaline Junky Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 4,341	I am definitely an oral deafie. Born profoundly deaf and wore HAs until 2008. That's when I got the CI. I did learn sign about the same time I got the CI, but it's very limited. I've also made several deaf friends in the past few years. However, I've always talked. Maybe a little too much. As my mom used to say, "Once we taught Vicky how to talk, she never stopped." P.S. I'm Vicky.

10-05-2010, 09:49 AM	#166 (permalink)
deafannieboo Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: S Posts: 258	im a talkin Deafie! i sign too. most people dont know im profound at first.