Frisky Feline

have you ever met someone you thought might be deaf but they are CODA?

I know some CODAS sign not very well too.

If you met someone who signs and you were not sure if this person was hearing or not.

Which deaf of hearing do you use the term?

Are you hearing?

Are you deaf?


In the past, I think i did ask, " are yo hearing?". I dont know why I said "hearing first."

Deafness

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Beowulf

I've had interpreters I knew were CODA, and I was right. Weird.

Frisky Feline

Me too!!

But sometimes they were not interpreters and thought they were deaf. I had to ask few questions then i had to ask, are you hearing? coda asked me how did i know? I said, "deaf secret code" lol I was joking. I said, " it depends on how much knowledges do they have with deaf community" that's how It led me to ask a question.

dogmom

my first year at a Summer job, my hearing supervisor in the recreational program for d/Deaf young children <ages 5-12> , was CODA. She may also have been a 'terp but don't remember. She was active in the Deaf community as her parents were long-time members. Sometimes people did think she was deaf as her signing was DOD.

DeafCaroline

dod?

dogmom

mine has the caps...but meant Deaf of Deaf

DeafCaroline

Ah! gotcha. I'm still learning all the abbreviations thanks.

dogmom

no prob

Jazzberry

Is there a sign for CODA, or is it just finger spelled?

Frisky Feline

I only know was finger spelling.

deafbajagal

One CODA I know used to teach at one of the schools with me. She signs just like a deaf person...it's really hard to imagine she is hearing!

Talk about FLUENCY. Whoa!

Frisky Feline

I know most CODAs tend to tell us that they were hearing. In the other way that they do have manners for telling Deaf/Hoh that they are hearing.

sallylou

Wirelessly posted (droid)

Yea, a lot of terps are coda.

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Frisky Feline

*bump*

lanapoo

Wirelessly posted

A lot of people think I'm a CODA. Lol. a compliment or an insult?

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Frisky Feline

let's think of this compliment as a good one! insult is not in AD's vocabulary list.

society's_child

never in a million years would that be an insult. dang, i wish people thought the same of me.

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dogmom

recreational program supervisor I had at a job <job working with kids with disabilities and kids who were deaf> was CODA. She and her family were very active in the Deaf community. She seemed to flow effortlessly between hearing, deaf and Deaf.

KristinaB

A lady in my Deaf church is CODA, but then she's also an awesome interpreter.

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Speedy Hawk

I met two d/Deaf person with Deaf parents and I got one interpreter got Deaf sibling with hearing parents.

One with deaf parents don't sign too well/much and other one full BSL user. Interpreter with Deaf sibling is best interpreter I ever have cos she sign so so good!

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Cindy777

I am hearing looking for deaf friends. years ago I was an interpreter at my church. I left the church and miss my deaf friends. this website is so hard to use and there are no sign language symbols....its pretty much useless. no wonder there is no true deaf chat!

Bottesini

It's pretty hard to believe an interpreter doesn't know what a CODA is.

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mbrek

^^^...or how to google it!

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dereksbicycles

CODA is something that has to do with putting turbo engine in rear of an old VW Bug. Wouild also be done with new Bugs.

See, I helped you. YOu don't need to google it up. Now you know the meaning of CODA.

dereksbicycles

Many years ago, when I was a kid, I went to temple. One of the boys there was a CODA. However, during Sunday School sessions, he hardly used ASL. I'm pretty sure he knew ASL, but he never showed it or interacted with few of the deaf patrons there.

I guess that he was self conscious and embarrassed to be seen using ASL in public. That was in mid and late 1980s.

KarissaMann05

I met one hearing girl through someone graduated from my OSD, through she is much older than me. The girl is someone's child, and she's nice gal.

That is it, yeah.

Frisky Feline

i met too many codas and some of them are cool, some of them are not cool. it is part of life here. oh well ha

AlleyCat

I see them at the deaf club sometimes. Not too often. But they've always been welcomed.

shel90

I know so many children CODAs who are fluent in ASL. They sign like they are deaf. My sonis fluent in ASL but he doesn't sign like a deaf child.

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