I am not picking on her. On the contrary, trying to cheer up
Indeed, the thread turned a wee weird.
Back on track, then. So, free will.
Suppose one day one deaf person wants to start to paint. why not?
One day another deaf person decide to write books. and why not?
Yet another wakes up and say, gee wiz,
I'd like to learn to speak perfect - for myself.
So, WHY NOT?
Free will, you see. Whether or not it is better to sign, if one deaf person wishes to speak - it's their choice.
That's all I wanted to explain.
Fuzzy
Understand
Only thing I try say is when you give two options for deaf people, if one not ASL, it feel like purposeful exclusion ASL.
Understand
Only thing I try say is when you give two options for deaf people, if one not ASL, it feel like purposeful exclusion ASL.
Yo Fuzz......................because it is simply true- who do you understand better - a clear speaking
people or with unclear speech?
Fuzzy
^^^I think DC summed it up very nicely. Makes me wish we could close this stupid thread...
Actually, in all fairness guys, AudioFuzzy is trying to stick to a non-political approach to the question and is trying to address it strictly from a technical standpoint: Can a deaf person speak as well as a hearing person?
Secondly, she's asking if it's to a deaf person's advantage to speak clearly (if they choose to exercise the option to speak) in a hearing world?
Is it an advantage to a deaf person to speak English clearly in an English speaking society?
That would be normal since you are post-lingual. It's possible that might change for you down the road, but I think if you speak all the time, you're in good shape!I'm 24 years old and I have lost my hearing as a adult and i'm profound deaf and I cant have any operation but I speak 100% normal
Pre lingual most likely not. Post lingual more apt to speak normally, although they may speak louder than normal.
Someone who has mild/moderate hearing loss is not deaf, so I would expect them to have more or less normal speech. If they are pre lingual and have a severe loss I would guess their speech may or may not be affected, but someone who is pre lingual and profound loss my guess is they would speak like they were deaf.Hmm... I'm pre-lingually deaf (severe to profound- I don't k now what db it was at as a kid)... I didn't get hearing aids until I was TWO. Yet... shockingly.... my speech is very clear and understandable - according to most people I meet and talk to. I might slur or not sound clear when I'm tired, sick or stressed- and that's probably typical for hearing people too.
Also.. many pre-lingual deaf/HOH who fall into the mild/moderate range do have good success with speaking "normally" (whatever that is).
Someone who has mild/moderate hearing loss is not deaf, so I would expect them to have more or less normal speech. If they are pre lingual and have a severe loss I would guess their speech may or may not be affected, but someone who is pre lingual and profound loss my guess is they would speak like they were deaf.