[stylist] reading lips

Tue Nov 17 21:13:38 UTC 2009

A baby unable to communicate is frustrated.  I know that among the hearing 
baby population when a baby is cranky we often wish out loud, "If only you 
could tell me what's wrong."  If they could tell you what hurts, if they're 
still hungry, wants more action in their life etc.  I know that older babies 
can point to an ear or throat to indicate that it hurts, but that is not 
very often.
The funniest one I've seen came by way of my 18 month old grandson.  His 
mother asked him to give her his pacifier one day.  He gave the room a 
cursory glance and looked at her with that "I don't know" look.  Then she 
repeated her request and he looked under the couch.  She repeated the 
request and he didn't move.  She knew he knew where it was because he had it 
in his mouth a few minutes earlier.  Finally she began to count.  "1, 2, 3 
the next number is..."  He knew what was coming.  He put out his hand for 
the lightest of love taps which meant his mother wasn't pleased.  I cracked 
up.  This little kid knew she would tap his hand, but he wanted to save her 
the problem of requesting his hand.  Kids are sure getting smarter!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] reading lips


> We use baby signs at our house.  Some are the correct sign and others are 
> made up from repetitive motions that we decided to give meaning.  It 
> stopped the repetitiveness when it came to mean something.
> I've seen many crabby babies who don't know sign.  I've seldom seen a very 
> crabby one who does.
> Barbara
>
> Snow is God's way of reminding us that beauty can be found even in the 
> coldest hearts.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:52 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] reading lips
>
>> 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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