Jetti
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Hi! I'm curious about what the term "think-hearing" means to you.
My fiancé is Deaf and says he is think-hearing and that other Deaf people have said that about him. Even at Deaf meets, Deaf strangers sometimes assume he's hearing. When he corrects them, they apologize. hah His definition of think-hearing is "to think like a hearing person". He has hearing parents, grew up learning SEE (though he does know ASL), understands hearing idioms, etc.
I recently looked up the definition online, and it seems to have a more negative tone: "("hearing in the mind," "Hearing in the head") an insulting term used to describe a deaf person who prefers to "act Hearing," “thinks like a Hearing person” or “wants to be hearing."
Once I told him of this definition, he was offended. He views himself as having one foot in the hearing world and one in the Deaf-World, so he found that definition insulting.
What does think-hearing mean to you?
My fiancé is Deaf and says he is think-hearing and that other Deaf people have said that about him. Even at Deaf meets, Deaf strangers sometimes assume he's hearing. When he corrects them, they apologize. hah His definition of think-hearing is "to think like a hearing person". He has hearing parents, grew up learning SEE (though he does know ASL), understands hearing idioms, etc.
I recently looked up the definition online, and it seems to have a more negative tone: "("hearing in the mind," "Hearing in the head") an insulting term used to describe a deaf person who prefers to "act Hearing," “thinks like a Hearing person” or “wants to be hearing."
Once I told him of this definition, he was offended. He views himself as having one foot in the hearing world and one in the Deaf-World, so he found that definition insulting.
What does think-hearing mean to you?