Hiya all. Paul here as new profoundly deaf member. Grew up with oral speech and started to learn BSL much later in life. I feel between two worlds and it can be difficult to fit in anywhere. DO you have similar situations?
My name is Shane and started learning ASL in 2010 with an inspiration being i dated a deaf man i met returning to college as i have now done. We might start dating again and so i am certainly stepping things up. Came across site reading posts at some other sites where i study lessons for ASL and Prof. Vicars. If i do start dating this man again i should certainly get to know the culture and lifestyle you might say. I see the word "profoundly" being used in terms to what type of hearing loss i would guess ? Have had a few discussion posts with Prof. Vicars about words i should use and so forth and did not see the word "profoundly" used much but certainly can see it is a word i need to know how to use and for what term. The man I might be dating is "profoundly" deaf i guess i should say and can't hear nor speak. Hope i can certainly learn a bit more with this site as a member and maybe once in awhile share some thoughts and discussions or forums. Coming from a man that does commercial voiceover work and broadcasting and human services on the side who is considering dating a guy again more serious who is deaf, and really start learning ASL and culture. I myself have disabilities with an accident i was in and now have vision loss causing loss of reading abilites, writing impairments and partial absence seizures occasionally- I space out for 3-5 minutes is a laymen term for it.