[stylist] descriminative against voices.

[Judith Bron]

I lived across the street from a deaf couple.  I understood Mary, the wife, 
and she responded in our conversations because she could read lips.  I know 
another young woman who is amazing!  For whatever reason, I was in the 
library one day.  All of a sudden I hear, "Hello Mrs. Bron."  She knows I am 
visually impaired.  She said, "It's Hannah."  Sure enough, that is who I was 
talking to.  She was the best friend of my friend's daughter.  Since then, 
she has gotten married and had a few kids.  She works in a high level job 
somewhere.  She went through college and graduated.  I guess the ability to 
talk in the deaf world is similar to talking in the hearing world.  If a 
person has been educated and exposed to a higher level of English, that is 
what you will hear in conversation.  If the person survived on the streets 
with a low level of speech, that is what the person will speak.  I am not 
familiar with the deaf/blind world.  I never had exposure.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] descriminative against voices.


> I'm just curious here. What do blind people make of 'deaf' voice. I
> mean the way some deaf people speak when they are born with a
> severe/profound hearing loss and have to spend a lot of time being
> taught how to speak? I'm told I have a really good voice but I wasn't
> born profoundly deaf and it can't be that good because sometimes when
> I speak I find it hard to get people to know what I am talking about.
>
> Helene.
>
> On 26/10/2008, Aziza <acwaterreader09 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks...
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "James Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] descriminative against voices.
>>
>>
>>> Aziza,
>>> being a man, I will tell you that certain women's voices I find much 
>>> more
>>> attractive.  I did learn long ago that determining someone's race is not
>>> so reliable when you're listening to them speak.
>>> I've forwarded your message to my wife, the voice teacher.
>>> jc
>>>
>>> Jim Canaday M.A.
>>> Lawrence, KS
>>>
>>> At 09:58 PM 10/25/2008, you wrote:
>>>>Aziza, I don't have any books for you, but from personal experience I 
>>>>can
>>>>say the answer to your question is unfortunately yes. Since a blind
>>>>person's
>>>>"first look" at someone is his voice, it Is from that which we rush to 
>>>>our
>>>>snap judgment, and by which we do our foolish stereotyping.
>>>>
>>>>You may be hard pressed to find books to answer your question. Can you 
>>>>use
>>>>research and interviews?
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>Behalf Of Aziza
>>>>Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 7:39 PM
>>>>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>>>>Subject: [stylist] descriminative against voices.
>>>>
>>>>Hi everyone,
>>>>I was wondering if anyone wouldhappen to have any suggestions of book 
>>>>that
>>>>would have any information on the possibility that blind people are
>>>>descriminative against voices. I'm writing a research project, and my
>>>>question is, are blind people descriminative against voices much in the
>>>>same
>>>>way that sighted people can be descriminative against looks. I need to
>>>>find
>>>>two books that can shed light on this matter. I need to summarize 3 
>>>>points
>>>>from each book in my project.
>>>>Thanks guys.
>>>>Aziza
>>>>
>>>>
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