Deaf here.. your opinions needed.

well i think she wanna use her voice to improve as pratice with u by using voice and sign same time cuz i did that with my boyfriend which he is hearing i do that all the time with him i use my voice and sign and he understood me very well i raise in hearing family maybe she raise in hearing family and have a habit to use voice and sign and maybe she trust u and feel comfort with u that she decide to use voice and sign since u dont make fun of her voice when she dont speak or sound clearly?
 
I am guilty of the same thing your friend did. I have this habit of using my voice with hearing people and no voice with my deaf friends. Force of habit, I guess. I voiced when talking to my old boss until I realized that he is not as good at sign language as I had hoped. I turned my voice off to force him to pay attention to my hands. He did improved. I realized all that on my own. I guess the reason I use my voice so the conversation could go faster. I can be impatient at times. :aw:

You just tell her if she want you to improve your ASL and that you want to improve your ASL, all she had to do is to turn off her voice. This is different from telling your friend not to use her voice.
 
Buffalo said:
I am guilty of the same thing your friend did. I have this habit of using my voice with hearing people and no voice with my deaf friends. Force of habit, I guess. I voiced when talking to my old boss until I realized that he is not as good at sign language as I had hoped. I turned my voice off to force him to pay attention to my hands. He did improved. I realized all that on my own. I guess the reason I use my voice so the conversation could go faster. I can be impatient at times. :aw:

You just tell her if she want you to improve your ASL and that you want to improve your ASL, all she had to do is to turn off her voice. This is different from telling your friend not to use her voice.
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That is a very diplomatic way to handle it. Good solution.
 
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