Little facts about my life
I'm a Hard of Hearing woman. My husband is deaf.
Most people think if you're deaf that you also can't speak, but that's wrong. Deaf people have a voice box too, they just don't always want to use it.
Some people think if you talk louder and slower that deaf people will understand somehow... Nope, that won't work. In fact, the slower you move your mouth, the less likely a lip reader will understand. And talking louder will not make a deaf person understand. They will just look at you like you're an idiot.
Just because someone is deaf - doesn't mean they can't read and write English too. They have a brain too you know.
Most people think if you're deaf that you also can't speak, but that's wrong. Deaf people have a voice box too, they just don't always want to use it.
Some people think if you talk louder and slower that deaf people will understand somehow... Nope, that won't work. In fact, the slower you move your mouth, the less likely a lip reader will understand. And talking louder will not make a deaf person understand. They will just look at you like you're an idiot.
Just because someone is deaf - doesn't mean they can't read and write English too. They have a brain too you know.
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Anyway, I'm actually leaving Gaia, I just have WAY too many things to do now and I'm not really even on this site anymore. I'll send you my personal E-mail address in a PM. I hope to hear from you soon.
By the way, here's something interesting: If you re-arrange the letters in Mother-In-Law they actually spell Woman Hitler or Hitler Woman...depending on how you want to put it