Diane.Oliff@p0.f197.n253.z2.fidonet.org (Diane Oliff) (01/05/90)
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MC*> I am troubled by the notion that there are no significant
MC*> differences between deaf and "hearing impaired" people.
MC*> While neither can hear normally, there is at least one
MC*> significant difference. Most of us, classified as hearing impaired
MC*> have in the past and still can communicate oral/aurally with each other
MC*> and with the hearing world.
I agree, but don't also forget the ones of us that grew up with severe
hearing loss but have subsequently improved.. in my own case I was born with
severe bilateral microtia (no proper ears) and no formed auditory canal. I
could hear noises because the auditory process was (and is) present but
until an auditory canal was constructed when I was nine I never had any
clarity of hearing at all (and am still way down on what people like to call
'normal'.
I really didnt learn to talk properly until then, but I am told now that I
have quite a nice voice (it sounds very squeaky to me but apparently it
isn't).
MC*> or cued speech (thought this would be very helpful
MC*>if the one we were trying to communicate with knew it),
What is cued speech?
Diane Oliff
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