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<DIV>Hello,</DIV>
<DIV>I'd like to add my 2 cents here. I had forgotten the technology aspect -
I'm showing my age here. I'm glad Marsha brought it up. Using this
technology requires a braille or tactile sign result.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have Usher 2 and am adventitiously blind and wear 2 cochlear implants. I
function as a hard-of-hearing blind person, but I have communicated and
socialized with a number of deaf sighted and deafblind individuals, although my
signing skills were very limited and I usually used an interpreter. </DIV>
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<DIV>Concerning communicating with those with no vision nor hearing, you really
must have a hearing tactile interpreter to communicate with them. Tactile sign
language is pretty much what it sounds like - the deaf/blind person holds his
hands loosely on top of the interpreter's signing underneath his
hands. Those two individuals should have told you that they needed
tactile interpreters, and ideally you would have found and provided those
services.</DIV>
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<DIV>Are you aware of voice/over interpreting? I've used them on several
different occasions, where interpreting was available. The interpreter repeats
into my ear or microphone what the speaker (e.g., at a podium) is saying,
generally a word or two behind the speaker while listening to his next words.
This is not a common skill because it involves listening to one thing while
speaking or signing something else. This requires a lot of skill.</DIV>
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<DIV>Hope this helps,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Janet Sand</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 8/4/2015 10:54:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
nfb-db@nfbnet.org writes:</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">We had a meeting on Saturday and two guest
arrived. One was totally deaf/blind and the other was only deaf. Since none of
us are totally deaf blind, we did not know how to communicate to our guest.
Any comments?</DIV>
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<DIV>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want; blindness
is not what holds you back. </DIV>
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<DIV>Marcus Simmons, President,</DIV>
<DIV>Wayne County chapter NFBMI</DIV>
<DIV>Member NFB Deaf/blind chapter</DIV>
<DIV>28179 Brentwood</DIV>
<DIV>Southfield, MI 48076-3069</DIV>
<DIV>president@map-n.org</DIV>
<DIV>(248) 552-8928</DIV></DIV>
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