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AND, if you wear earplugs, everyone can see them (unless you have long hair) so they know you're wearing earplugs, and they'll just treat you like a loony, which means you will not have anything to contribute to the "stupid hearing people" thread, which I know HAS to be the motivation behind...

I have a student in one of my classes. She has a CI, and mostly watches the teacher and between what she hears and what she sees (gestures, lipreading, stuff on the board) pretty much gets the bulk of the class. But she has an ASL interpreter in there too, for extra comprehension support. She...

Wow...I am trying to book a flight for a convention (waiting for a good deal that may never come) and one airline site gave 3 different wheelchair choices--wheelchair at gate, transport to plane, special in-the-aisle transport chair. I don't remember which airline/service I saw that. I just...

I teach Spanish, and at times have students enrolled in my class who are already fluent (for example, their families speak Spanish at home, even though the kids never were formally educated in the language). Some kids constantly correct me on my vocabulary or grammar. There are 20...

Lefty, lefty, lefty. Even left-footed and left-eyed. But somehow my signing drifted righty. Spell far better righty, but still feel a left-handed pull. My body is fighting against my learning, I think. (I "mouse" the computer ambidextrously, so apparently that is where it evens out.)

If you are under hypnosis and nobody brings you out, you will just nod off to sleep and wake up like normal. You can't actually get stuck in a hypnotic state. You also cannot be hypnotized against your will, or be made to do things that are totally not within your morals. Under hypnosis you...

Yeah, Mrk, if it's a friend of a friend that gives you credibility already. It's proof that you aren't some total creep. That pretty much goes for everything though, not just the FM system. And yeah, Derek, you're right too--I certainly don't say to not be yourself. I wouldn't suggest he hide...

My take on the "wiggly question mark" is that it is used after a long lead-up to a question as some emphasis that there is a question there waiting for an answer. So not after "are you hungry" but after something like "so, Friday is the day of the picnic, and I heard it was going to rain. If...

Never actually thought of telling people to call me on this. I will do that. I don't know about the mirror thing. I HATE watching myself in the mirror. At dance class I always lined myself up with the pillar so I didn't have to see myself. But I will tell my friends to call me on this...

I agree with you...if it is on a date after we made initial contact. I am familiar with FM units, so it might not throw ME, but the average woman would find it bizarre if some strange guy in a bar gave them a microphone to use, don't you think?

Thanks for the "accent" advice. Trust me, I don't try to switch hands...I do tend to stick with one hand per "turn" in a conversation. I don't switch mid-sentence that I am aware of, because that would probably feel weird. I am really focusing on squashing this bad habit, I will try to keep...

This is a totally unrelated quick question, but I didn't want to start a whole new thread, so figured this was a good a place as any to post MY quick question too. A little background. I pick up accents VERY easily when I hear them. If I talk to a southerner with a strong accent, then if I'm...

This reply doesn't really fit the thread, probably more of a stupid hearing people thing, but totally fits with this post. I told my friends (big mistake) about this slight crush I have on a deaf guy. I am hearing, but a pretty fluent signer. One of my friends, the next week asked how it was...

Well, the singer IS a multi-million dollar recording artist, and NBC paid her a lot of money to be there. They are going to have that camera glued on her, get their money's worth. Since the broadcast is captioned, not showing the signer is not an access issue. Granted, the signing was no...

I teach in a public school in WI. Our school offers ASL as a world language, just like French or Spanish, or German. Two of our three instructors in that program are deaf, and the school pays for staff interpreters for them. Our school also has the d/hh program of the district, so we have like...

At the very least, there is nothing to stop you from talking to the teachers, saying that while you don't qualify for official 504/IEP plan, you are having some trouble hearing, and could you sit near the front, ask teacher to try not to talk while facing the board, etc. Most teachers are...

That's what I was afraid of. Okay, Operation Be More Assertive commencing now.

I went up to the interpreter after church (she is a friend of mine) to congratulate her on something she did, totally unrelated to interpreting, but the only place I see her is church, and one of the deaf women who saw me signing asked her if I was deaf. I was totally THRILLED! (the woman had...

I have this exact "friend zone" thing going on right now. I have been hanging out with a guy, usually with other people too, not just the two of us. I really enjoy his company,and would kind of like to try dating him. But I have NO idea if he would be interested in me. I am waaaaaay to shy...

I don't know about the "deaf community" but every deaf person I've met has been very nice to me. One of my deaf friends frequently comes out and hangs out with me and my hearing friends and I interpret. I'm hearing, so the "community" can hate all it wants, as long as the people are nice to...