[stylist] reading lips

[helene ryles]

Lori,
You are right that for a completely deaf person to rely exclusively on
lipreading is not realistic. Most people who lipreading do have
hearing although some have very little of it. I know a woman with a
profound loss who lipreads but she says without her hearing aids she
can't lipread so well. That's because only about 20 per cent of what
is said can be seen on the lips. HOH people can combine their limited
hearing with lipreading skills so they can be quite good at it but
most lipreaders do have some useful hearing to go by.

As for teaching hearing children signing, there is something called
baby signs. Some parents of hearing babies have found that their
babies can learn to communicate through sign before they learn through
speach. I'm all for it.

There is another way for a deaf and a hearing child to communicate
though and that is via pen and paper.

Helene

On 17/11/2009, LoriStay at aol.com <LoriStay at aol.com> wrote:
> An option is the way to go.   I took two sign courses at Helen Keller
> (National Center for the Deaf/blind), but because I have no place to
> practice,
> had to let it go.
> Lori
> In a message dated 11/16/09 6:12:26 PM, jbron at optonline.net writes:
>
>
>> I feel badly that not all deaf people can read lips.  However, should we
>> make sign language a mandatory course for all American students?  I don't
>> think so.  You can have it available as an option, but it shouldn't be
>> mandatory.
>>
>
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