[stylist] descriminative against voices.

[LoriStay at aol.com]

Speech for the deaf is valuable, but understanding is far more important.
Although I'm not active in work with the deaf, it's a very similar situation 
as that in the blindness field.   If you aren't literate (which means knowing 
how to read, write and spell, and that means being able to read Braille, or in 
some cases being willing to look at how words are spelled by putting on one's 
screen reader to spell them out.   For the deaf, it means sign language as 
well as lip reading.   WIthout both, you are lacking in total immersion.   I 
know this gets somewhat political, but it's also a matter of common sense.
Lori
In a message dated 10/26/08 3:17:20 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com writes:


> I'm not sure speach in a deaf person is equivalant to good education.
> It would be better to judge them on written english for that. Some
> deaf people have really lousy english and comprehention skills because
> of language delays.
> 
> I speak very well but I failed at Uni. The lectures may as well have
> been taught in a foreign language since I didn't understand what they
> were talking about.
> 
> Some deaf can talk. Some can't. Some don't want to. Although most that
> can speak have had  useful hearing at one stage or other even if it
> was just environmental noises. Wheras those born without any useful
> hearing at all find speach a lot harder to learn. So I'd say that
> speech in a deaf person reflects more on the level of hearing loss and
> onset of deafness rather then their education.
> 

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