I am exhausted!

shel90

shel90

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My eyes are burning and have been burning for the last week. At first I thought it was my allergies but there were no other symptoms present and then it hit me! My eyes are tired from all the lipreading I did in the last two weeks starting with my hubby's family to my dad's visit here.

I feel more worn out mentally than I should be considering that I am on vacation. I guess I am out of practice with lipreading or dont have the stamina like before.

Does that ever happen to any of you? You use sign language for a long period of time and then for some reason, you have to use you lipreading skills for a substantial period of time only to find yourself feeling more tired or eyes burning?

It is time for me to return to a signing environment when I return to work! On the other hand, I am NOT looking forward to going back to work! :giggle:
 
Oh yea...lip reading make me sooo tired! I remembered when I was at Clarke I was so tired all the time and don't have any energy!!!

Using ASL is best! :thumb:
 
It doesn't bother me, I'm used to it, It's a skill that I could not live without, It reduces the need to write on paper. I would hate to write everything down on paper for hearing people, I'm glad I can read lips even if hearing people don't know any sign language. If hearing people knows sign language then great!! ;)
 
Cheri said:
It doesn't bother me, I'm used to it, It's a skill that I could not live without, It reduces the need to write on paper. I would hate to write everything down on paper for hearing people, I'm glad I can read lips even if hearing people don't know any sign language. If hearing people knows sign language then great!! ;)
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It is a skill that I use once in a while but two weeks straight of using it showed me how out of practice I am. Guess once people stop using something and then have to use it for a long period of time, it is not the same as before.
 
Oh yes. My face would ache after a long day of lipreading. LOL! sounds like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place.
 
deafskeptic said:
Oh yes. My face would ache after a long day of lipreading. LOL! sounds like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place.
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Thanks but not stuck anymore. My dad went back home to AZ today and we will return to seeing my inlaws maybe once a month. :giggle:

I took a long nap this afternoon and it felt so great. My eyes are still burning alittle but I think that will go away by tmw. I cant believe I have to return to work on Monday. It will be weird cuz for the first time, I didnt have any contact with any of my coworkers at all during the 2 weeks off. Usually I do but this break, I focused on family and my best friend from PA.
 
Hi Shel90, I never had this experience before because I am not lipreader. I like asl best because it is more easy and clear. I hope that your eyes will get better. Well, If I read book 2 to 3 hour then my eyes will be sore. That is my experience.
 
Some days I feel like i can`t do it anymore. I know how you feel. :hug:
 
:giggle: :):)

I am very tried when watch read lip too long but didn't burn the eye.


Yeah go >>>>Vacation!!! :D
 
Yeah, I know the feeling.

I have had bouts of exhausation from lipreading intently for a long while at times....

I remember thinking why am I feeling so tired then it hit me that it's because of heavy lipreading.

Glad I have not felt that way for a while.

Sign Language rocks!!!

PS: rest well before going back to work....
 
when I read someone lips.. I end up falling sleep on them half the time LOL going "zzzzz" opps,, sorry what did you say the last words? heee
 
GarnetTigerMom said:
when I read someone lips.. I end up falling sleep on them half the time LOL going "zzzzz" opps,, sorry what did you say the last words? heee
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lol did you daydream of someone? maybe a guy in Canada? :giggle:

kidding
 
I became hard-of-hearing in the '80s and worse in the '90s, so I probably started speech-reading before I became totally deaf in 2001 and got training.

I'm getting better at it, but I speech-read better in the morning. Certain speakers are easier to understand than others, but even with the best who articulate very well and don't talk too fast (or way too slow) I get tired late at night and don't do as well.

Also, I speech-read best one-to-one. Accuracy drops off quickly the more people involved in the conversation.

Anyone have similar better conditions and poorer conditions?
 
I don't have problem with it because I am used to it. All my life I communicate with hearing ppl with no sign language. If they know some sign, it was great, better than writing on piece of paper. I am always honset, if I don't understand, I let them know (like if somesome who has southern accent or a different accent). Don't be afriad to let them know, it is better than to waste straining your eyes to read lips.

It is almost another way around since I don't know much of ASL signs, (only SEE) it could put me to sleep but don't worry I am learning.
 
I grew up speech reading and there are times I really have to strain and I hate group conversations because I cant keep up.

You are correct that there are people out there that are super easy to speech read and others it wears you just to follow them through one sentence.

I find that those whose job requires public speaking such as ministers, they are especially easy to speech read.

I hope to one day learn ASL and move to a signing environment - I hate being the oddity of the bunch simply because I cannot follow the conversation as easily as the others in the group.
 
Chase said:
I became hard-of-hearing in the '80s and worse in the '90s, so I probably started speech-reading before I became totally deaf in 2001 and got training.

I'm getting better at it, but I speech-read better in the morning. Certain speakers are easier to understand than others, but even with the best who articulate very well and don't talk too fast (or way too slow) I get tired late at night and don't do as well.

Also, I speech-read best one-to-one. Accuracy drops off quickly the more people involved in the conversation.

Anyone have similar better conditions and poorer conditions?[/QUOTE]

That is the best kind of setting for me when it comes to speech reading...during one-on-one. The same thing happens too with accuracy when the more people get involved in the conversation.
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Dixie said:
I grew up speech reading and there are times I really have to strain and I hate group conversations because I cant keep up.

You are correct that there are people out there that are super easy to speech read and others it wears you just to follow them through one sentence.

I find that those whose job requires public speaking such as ministers, they are especially easy to speech read.

I hope to one day learn ASL and move to a signing environment - I hate being the oddity of the bunch simply because I cannot follow the conversation as easily as the others in the group.[/QUOTE]


Yea, I know how you feel. It is really nice to have that balance between signing and non-signing environments. Being in an oral-only environment 24/7 is not something I want to return to. That 2 weeks alone was enough for me to last a long time!!!
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Calvin said:
lol did you daydream of someone? maybe a guy in Canada? :giggle:

kidding
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Time to have this donkey tomato-bombed!!!!!!!! haha ya rotten man..... ya must have been referring to me as well.. grrrrrrrr gonna get ya for this.. maybe GTM was dreaming of :whip: ya in the balls!!!!! hahaa
 
Eh, so you said you never get tired of looking at sign language for long period of time?

It happened to me. Is that weird especially if I use sign language as primary way of communication?

It usually happens in school enviroment. Sometimes it do happen in social event, especially with pure ASL users.

I nearly got a headache trying to pay attention to people communication in pure ASL. lol Yeah it's even tough on a PSE user.

Shel90, I am wondering if you tried to take a break in-between to help your eyes get some rest? I am just curious, did you spending time lipreading for few hours or all day everyday for two weeks or what?

That's what I did in school, if I began to feel tired I look away from interpreter for a moment, even risking miss important informations, but it's better than hurt myself in the end of day.
 
This happened to me after a test I took for education certification, at the end of the day couldn't understand why I was tired especially my eyes. I figured out it was from the receptive part from the test. Reading the deaf person on the screen even sometimes chatting with friends from a long period of time it can happen to me.
 
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