Well I'm deaf. I have a implant that allows me to hear out of one ear but I choose not to wear it because it's uncomfortable, so in general almost 100% of the time I can't hear anything. And I was wondering...

Are there any other deaf members on Live Wire?

And what are your views on deaf people and culture?

Should people with the ability to hear have the option to learn American Sign Language along with Spanish and French?

And how do you think society views the deaf population in general?

Sorry I'm Just curious.

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letters are like obituaries,& photo albums are books of
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Not for being deaf though.

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If they're justl like everybody else "normal" than there would be absolutely no problem!

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AMS is a considered a foreign language in schools

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Not in all schools. In Concord North Carolina, NorthWest Cabarrus High School has the highest percent of deaf children in attendence in the county. But Does not offer American Sign Language as a class.

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I know what its like when memories make you wince & love
letters are like obituaries,& photo albums are books of
the dead. I need no reminders I'll forget the past and lay
it to rest. [but I loved you]"

Deaf people, at least the one I've met, have no trouble at all interacting with other people. They learn to read lips and I'm able to speak to them as if I were talking to any other person. Though I find myself trying to "sound out" the word a bit more.

And there is also a distinctive difference in a deaf person's voice than that of someone who is retarded. (At least I can notice it) So as soon as I hear them talk and it sounds funny, i know that they are just deaf instead of having down syndrome or something like that.

I wish I knew sign language too..

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I'm pretty indifferent about the whole thing. I worked with a guy who was deaf (not sure if it was one ear or both, but he had a hearing aid), at first it was kinda strange because his speech is messed up and he talks very fast, but after a while it was like talking to a hearing person. So if I meet a deaf person I'm not taken aback or anything like that.

I think we should be offered ASL in school. It was considered in my school when they dropped French, but so far nothing. I would love to learn Sign Language. I think it's the most fun language :]

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and I suppose to answer your question...

Deaf people, at least the one I've met, have no trouble at all interacting with other people. They learn to read lips and I'm able to speak to them as if I were talking to any other person. Though I find myself trying to "sound out" the word a bit more.

And there is also a distinctive difference in a deaf person's voice than that of someone who is retarded. (At least I can notice it) So as soon as I hear them talk and it sounds funny, i know that they are just deaf instead of having down syndrome or something like that.

I wish I knew sign language too..

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There are different forms of sign language. Its different for each region. Sign Language in the state can be different from sign language over seas.
Yea and most of us do have voice problems. I can talk but I dont like to because I cant hear myself. Therefore I dont even know if im saying it right.
And believe it or not theres actually only a small percentage of deaf people that can really read lips.

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I know what its like when memories make you wince & love
letters are like obituaries,& photo albums are books of
the dead. I need no reminders I'll forget the past and lay
it to rest. [but I loved you]"

I do believe that American Sign Language should be taught along with spoken languages. I've always really wanted to learn sign language. I mean, even if it weren't a major course it could at least be offered as an elective.

I don't know how society views deaf people. How should they be viewed? Like I said before, they're just people.

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I don't know how society views deaf people. How should they be viewed? Like I said before, they're just people.

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Well I know some people think less of us because we can't hear. I guess I was asking what you personally thought society thought of us.

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I know what its like when memories make you wince & love
letters are like obituaries,& photo albums are books of
the dead. I need no reminders I'll forget the past and lay
it to rest. [but I loved you]"