how long does it take to use the Rochester method fluently

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has anyone learned to use the Rochester method fluently? i mean have the fingerspelling and the speech at the same rate and the sound normal speed?
 
inmate23 said:
has anyone learned to use the Rochester method fluently? i mean have the fingerspelling and the speech at the same rate and the sound normal speed?
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It seems impossible to me to even attempt this.
 
Not to mention - you can't be "fluent" in the Rochester method since it isn't a language.
 
inmate23 said:
has anyone learned to use the Rochester method fluently? i mean have the fingerspelling and the speech at the same rate and the sound normal speed?
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I'm curious. Since you use the Rochester Method, with whom do you use it? Do you know lots of people who use the RM in your location?
 
I dont have a social life(too scared of my ex) so my human contact is just with my boyfriend and a social worker and the lady where i graze my horse.

and my x makes coffee at the local glbt deaf lounge so that out question

and if i need a terp my boyfriend is good but the room for improvement
 
Interesting. I was wondering why you picked Rochester since it limits your communication pool to such a small size. Thank you for explaining.
 
In my experience, i met older couple who grew up with rochester method fingerspelling and they don't use speech. Just fingerspelling only.

Do you sign as well? just wonder. as to why you are interested in rochester method and speech at the same time? that's tough one.
 
Frisky Feline said:
In my experience, i met older couple who grew up with rochester method fingerspelling and they don't use speech. Just fingerspelling only.

Do you sign as well? just wonder. as to why you are interested in rochester method and speech at the same time? that's tough one.
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I remember, during my days (early 60's) as a Gallaudet student, the PR dept asked/sent me down south to speak at a couple of schools for the deaf, promoting the history of Gallaudet. Gave a presentation at the Florida School for the Deaf, utilizing the Rochester method. Using it is quite an art form but I was able to pull it off just fine because I moved around, stopped for pauses/emphasis, etc and because I am tall with long fingers. Nobody fell asleep, lol. The only sign allowed was for "I"(as in me).
 
Tousi said:
I remember, during my days (early 60's) as a Gallaudet student, the PR dept asked/sent me down south to speak at a couple of schools for the deaf, promoting the history of Gallaudet. Gave a presentation at the Florida School for the Deaf, utilizing the Rochester method. Using it is quite an art form but I was able to pull it off just fine because I moved around, stopped for pauses/emphasis, etc and because I am tall with long fingers. Nobody fell asleep, lol. The only sign allowed was for "I"(as in me).
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I had one teacher at CSDR made us used RM in her classroom for whole year and she forbid us to use any ASL. I guess she was old school teacher from old days who used rm.
 
jazzy said:
I had one teacher at CSDR made us used RM in her classroom for whole year and she forbid us to use any ASL. I guess she was old school teacher from old days who used rm.
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Hmmm, remember her name?
 
Reba said:
Interesting. I was wondering why you picked Rochester since it limits your communication pool to such a small size. Thank you for explaining.
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because im one hand

couldn't figure out cued speech(capd issues).

my oral communion has got to the point where i cant be understood in mental health setting with the fm in(i dont how much other people are understanding i read mental health reports and im like i dont say that)
 
inmate23 said:
because im one hand

couldn't figure out cued speech(capd issues).

my oral communion has got to the point where i cant be understood in mental health setting with the fm in(i dont how much other people are understanding i read mental health reports and im like i dont say that)
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I know lots of people who use ASL with one hand. It doesn't limit you from using it. Just so you know.
 
Tousi said:
I remember, during my days (early 60's) as a Gallaudet student, the PR dept asked/sent me down south to speak at a couple of schools for the deaf, promoting the history of Gallaudet. Gave a presentation at the Florida School for the Deaf, utilizing the Rochester method. Using it is quite an art form but I was able to pull it off just fine because I moved around, stopped for pauses/emphasis, etc and because I am tall with long fingers. Nobody fell asleep, lol. The only sign allowed was for "I"(as in me).
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awesome you were a student at gallaudet. were you always using the rochester method when you were young?
 
do you need one on one sign class to learn how to make the signs understandable?
 
inmate23 said:
do you need one on one sign class to learn how to make the signs understandable?
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No, you just learn how to modify. I sign one handed all the time out of lazyness or because something is holding up my other hand.
 
It would also be beneficial to learn how to receive ASL so you can use an ASL interpreter instead of depending on your boyfriend.
 
This method sounds like my worst nightmare. I'm sure that it's possible to learn it but it would be hard.
 
JennyB said:
No, you just learn how to modify. I sign one handed all the time out of lazyness or because something is holding up my other hand.
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Same. The jobs I take and the events I go to required one hand to be occupied anyway... so gotten used to signing one-handed as well.
 
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