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Funny/awkward story that I wanted to share...

I was leaving one of my classes on Wednesday and I got to the building door to go outside and one of my classmates held it open for me. I signed and spoke "thank you" and smiled. She got this absolutely baffled look on her face and and looked at the girl with her, then sort of stared off into space but in my general direction so I could read her lips, and exclaimed "She can speak!" and walked away. I laughed, audibly, and walked away as well. I wanted to say "You can hear!" but I figured talking again may confused her even more! :giggle:

Some people...
 
That happens. I have had people ask my husband if I can talk, when I am standing right there!
 
It isn't the first time I have experienced this. I have just been in a class with her (and a tutorial) for 3 months now. I just found it odd lol.
 
It's very frustrating when people hear you speak clearly and thus assume you can really hear.
 
jennyb,

i've had people say the same thing to me a number of times. still do, in fact. some people think there's no way i can have ci's (until i lift up my hair and show them) because i speak so well. it's frustrating. :(
 
Yep, and I notice that there are people that speak to someone next to them without realizing that I can read their lips. They talk as if you cannot "hear" them.

Example, she said, "she can speak!" and you could read her lips.

I remember two students in high school and junior high school who would say something about me to someone else without covering their lips as if I cannot speech read them.

I had a terp, and there was an ASL class in the high school, but no matter how much you told them that you can speech read, they still think you don't "hear" them. It's possible because if they see a signing terp, they just assume you only sign. I also didn't have an ASL terp. She used more of Pidgin sign language.

It's a complex world because deaf people are all different. Some will assume you can speak as well as someone else or that you can only sign if you can't hear. It's so baffling that an ASL class in high school doesn't always seem to give a better understanding to some students that each deaf person is different. I had been told that an ASL class covers this topic that each deaf person is different in how they communicate.

An ASL class doesn't always make students more comfortable to communicate with a deaf student in their own high school. They would try, but they were too shy.

It's quiet interesting.
 
I don't speak well, I can speak though. Actually how well I speak depends on who you ask. People who are used to hearing deaf people speaking say I am very clear, people who aren't used to it have a hard time with my voice.

I am still laughing about it...
 
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