Lipreading Practice

"At some point we have to stop and say, There's Marlee, not, There's the deaf actress."

Marlee Matlin

things you should try not to say

Try not to say this:-

Hearing person Hard of hearing person
Never mind it doesn't matter!!it matters to the hard of hearing person
You're not missing anythingthey would like to know what they're missing
You have hearing aids don't you?even with hearing aids the persons may have difficulty hearing
It wasn't importantagain they'd like to make their own decision
You're lucky you can't hear this Really?
You don't speak like a deaf personThat's good
Don't you sign?I live in the hearing world - do you sign?
I'll tell you later!(but never do)
You're not missing muchagain they'd like to make their own decision
I didn't realise you couldn't hear this one can also be quite positive

 

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  • Action on Hearing Loss
  • National Association for Deafened People
  • ATLA - Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults
  • Action Deafness
  • Hearing Link

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