#ASL I'm the person you want to cook for a party. I'll go early, set things up and put things away later.
I'm NOT the person you want at the party unless it's a bunch of HoH or deaf people. Noisy environments are killers for the hard of hearing.
I got up and walked away while they were banging boxes of jingle bells as a game. What game? Got me.
The people who know I don't hear well can't remember. Even the person who teaches ASL.
People wonder why I almost never go to parties.
@J_Windrow Please forgive me if this is a dumb or insensitive question. I truly mean no offense. Why would you be uncomfortable at a loud party? Hearing people might not be able to hear and understand one another, but wouldn't you read lips as well as if it were silent? Some deaf people have trouble speaking understandably, which might be worse with noise, but the same goes for people with a strong accent. Clearly I'm missing something.
@walterbays #ASL I took a friend to a conference where all communication was in ASL with interpreters for the hearing. He was stunned. He'd never felt so excluded. Five years later he was an expert in ASL.
And I don't read lips. It's too hard.
From my perspective, all you hearing folks should learn ASL as a second language.
By age 75, 75% of Americans have significant hearing loss. They wish they knew ASL and wish others knew it.
https://www.mtapractice.com/2016/12/12/lip-reading-misconceptions/
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