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Comment on Back to Blogging! by download serial

download serial — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:49:26 +0000

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Comment on Back to Blogging! by High School

High School — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:18:44 +0000

What are costs for periodic assessments?

Comment on Partially hearing or profoundly deaf? Take your pick! by Hearing Aids Orem

Hearing Aids Orem — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:05:13 +0000

Partially deaf or profoundly deaf is two things as pointed out.I think this doesn’t matter at times, especially that there are so many ways to work things out, it’s just a matter of choice.If we choose to be totally deaf then forever we will be but if we choose to get out of it we still can.As simply as this, life is a matter of choice, we are the one who can make all things possible if only we want to, we are the one who’ll never listen to anybody if we are sure that what we’re doing will benefit everyone and so we can choose what we want to hear and not to hear as they say.

Comment on Why aren’t disability awareness DVDs often subtitled? by Bill Bartmann

Bill Bartmann — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:56:35 +0000

Excellent site, keep up the good work

Comment on How many conversations do we miss? by Ria

Ria — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:00:03 +0000

Well – funnily enough – I was at the hairdressers for a trim – and the hairdresser happened to be a little hard of hearing – During the haircut, she mentioned that I was very quiet?! She only did my hair about a couple of years back but I wasn’t talkative then – and that remark woke me up wondering if I should speak up more but it also left me with a dilemma – shall I leave her to get on with her job otherwise she will struggle with cutting and lipreading me at the same time – so I just opted for being quiet. I gave myself a silent kicking on the way home, wishing I had been more talkative – what if I died tomorrow and I had not grabbed the chance to talk.
This morning at work, two girls were nattering and I happened to pick up a couple of words and joined in the conversation – but I also wondered if it was the right moment to join in as the conversation sort of faltered and dried up.
I think we can cast away our worries and go with the spur of the moment feeling, if we could but it is probably a matter of practice that picks up with time or telling the participiants in the conversation to realise that I can watch one conversation at a time – Still there’s always the fear inside me that they may drift off…… or AM I too much in my comfort zone by passing up my chances???

Comment on Hearing Awareness by Ian Noon

Ian Noon — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:08:27 +0000

My hearing partner tells me that he finds some deaf people incredibly direct, to the point of rudeness, sometimes – too much point, physical descriptions, etc. It did make me wonder if deaf people don’t always understand how hearing people get hung up about this…

Comment on Partially hearing or profoundly deaf? Take your pick! by Ian Noon

Ian Noon — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:04:59 +0000

I have a feeling that there are a lot of deaf people out there who don’t fully understand the audiological terms. It wasn’t until around three years ago that I finally plucked up enough courage to ask the audiologist how to read an audiogram. Nobody had bothered to explain the terms beforehand and I always just used the term ‘profoundly deaf’ to describe myself because that is what I was told when I was younger. I continue to do so out of habit more than anything else!

As an aside, I hate the term ‘mild’ deafness. It implies that their deafness is not much of a big deal when surely it can still have a significant impact on a person?

Comment on How many conversations do we miss? by Neil

Neil — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:24:04 +0000

Yep, I agree with this – I like to take part in a bit of banter & conversation but it is definitely a level of confidence that I’ve had to cultivate. Deaf & hearing people alike have great pearls of wisdom but yet talk rubbish – myself included. That’s how we learn from one another whether we like it or not.
About the hairdresser experience, they’re quite people orientated anyway so I’d have taken my chance and had a conversation but making sure that they’re aware that I’m deaf (I’d try to get past the stage of “oh, what’s it like to be deaf” and generally trying to get their heads around it) – they either get it or they don’t. My position is “take it or leave it” – much simpler for me and I prefer to cut out the crap.
Anyone agree with me?

Comment on Hearing Awareness by Ria

Ria — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:25:02 +0000

A very valid topic for discussion – I did wonder to myself that we needed hearing awareness a few years back – it is all very well us demanding deaf awareness but we should also learn how to fit in a hearing society – For instance, a deaf friend and I were signing, and one of my hearing friends was upset because he thought I was talking about him – which wasn’t the case – that made me think and try to include the hearing person a lot more – I often like to include my deaf friend’s hearing children in our conversation as I don’t like omitting them just because they are hearing.
I often ensure that when a hearing person is in the conversation, to relay what I am saying – and hopefully that will ensure that the hearing person feels valued.
I was told off once by a team member a long time ago for typing too loudly – yes typing too loudly – unfortunately I am a fast typist but a colleague did not like the noise so I respected that.
Thanks to your recent discussion about including the hearing person when in a conversation along with interpreter, I have made a consious effort to try and look at the hearing person from time to time more often.

Comment on Hearing Awareness by Annoymous

Annoymous — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:16:07 +0000

A few quick thoughts…

Hearing people get confused if we don’t explain to them the role of the interpreters.

They get offended if we are not looking at them when signing to the terp.

Deaf people can make hearing people feel excluded when signing with other BSL users. But they can equally do the same to us. But we have to remember who is employing us!

Deaf jokes don’t always translate well, sometimes it is best left unsaid. Also, BSL users need to realise that being blunt may be part of deaf culture, but its not always appreciated in a hearing working environment.

Just a few of my thoughts so far.