Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 In a message dated 2/22/2005 5:21:46 PM Pacific Standard Time, bluuenikki@... writes: I would think that continuing to lipread will help increase speech comprehension. I lipread a lot, and in my case, it has helped me tremendously. I still continue to lipread along with my brain's training. I can now understand some speech without lipreading due to this. :-) I second! Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Debby: Was wondering what are you guys that are born deaf are doing to help to understand speech without lipreading?? << has files and links at homesite /, look at the left of your screen. Look under Files and Links. :-) Some of that may be " children stuff " , but go with it anyway. I worked with children stuff in speech therapy for a while. ;-) From speech therapy, I would do " homework " ----she would make tapes of the sounds and give me the list of sounds and I would follow along as practice. I would think that continuing to lipread will help increase speech comprehension. I lipread a lot, and in my case, it has helped me tremendously. I still continue to lipread along with my brain's training. I can now understand some speech without lipreading due to this. :-) Nikki SE Ohio hard-of-hearing right ear implanted summer 1991, activated 1/16/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Thanks Beth, for the good job of defining the terms. One thing: where did you get your information regarding that cutoff age of 6 and it's impact on language acquisition? Thanks! Also, for , the term deaf is sometimes used to mean a deficiency in the normal standard of hearing, not necessary completely without sound. Many people have some residual hearing but it is unusable for aural communication, and rightly consider themselves deaf, whether pre or post lingual. gypsy deb --- Beth Ward <beth_brittney@...> wrote: > , > > Actually, you are prelingually deaf if you are deaf > before langauge > development. Whether you can get enough benefit > from hearing aids or CI's > to develop speech or not, you're still deaf. Also, > speech is NOT language, > there is a difference between learning to speak and > acquiring language. > Prelingually deafened individuals can develop > language through the use of > residual hearing, CI's, and/or sign language. Deaf > children can learn > speech through practice and training, whether they > can hear the speech or > not. A prelingually deafened child is going to have > a more difficult time > acquiring language than a postlingually deafened > child, and they will > require different methods of education to ensure > that they do, in fact, > acquire language rather than simply learning to > speak. One of the reasons > for the average reading level of deaf high school > graduates being the at 4th > grade level is because of the lack of language > development before the age of > six. This is true of both prelingually Deaf adults > and prelingually deaf > adults. Those children who are provided with the > access to language, either > spoken or signed, before the age of six generally do > quite well, and the > earlier the access to a complete language is > provided, the better the > outcome. > > Beth > > The mere imparting of information is not education. > Above all things, the > effort must result in making a man think and do for > himself.-- G. > Woodson > > > __________________________________________ DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hi Beth, I was born severely/profoundly deaf and did not learn language through training or speech therapy. I grew up in an educational area in the UK where they practiced " natural auralism " , where deaf children were encouraged to learn language in the same way that hearing children do - i.e. through listening. I was mainstreamed but was visited about once a week by a peripatetic support teacher who made sure I was keeping up with my work and who liased with my school to ensure they were providing a good auditory environment for me. They made sure we had the best aids - not standard UK government aids but Phonak etc and ensured the aids were well maintained. Speech therapy wasn't something they really did, although they might have done it for very difficult cases? But anyway I have never had a speech therapy or training session in my life and people say I sound very close to a hearing person and that they cannot tell I'm deaf. In fact if I have therapy after the CI it will be the first one I've had. I must say I'm quite curious as to what it will be like. Most of the children that I remember through the deaf youth group that I attended briefly did pretty well under this approach. Those with a very profound hearing loss greater than mine didn't do so well and were transferred to schools where signing was the predominant language. My nephew for example whose loss is extremely profound derived no benefit from hearing aids and my sister didn't want him to have a CI (long story) so he attended a school for deaf children where he signs. I guess my point is that deaf children don't necessarily have to be " trained " to acquire spoken language. I've never done any research into which methods are better but there are quite a few of them out there. _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Beth Ward Sent: Thursday, 5 January 2006 1:34 PM Subject: prelingual , Actually, you are prelingually deaf if you are deaf before langauge development. Whether you can get enough benefit from hearing aids or CI's to develop speech or not, you're still deaf. Also, speech is NOT language, there is a difference between learning to speak and acquiring language. Prelingually deafened individuals can develop language through the use of residual hearing, CI's, and/or sign language. Deaf children can learn speech through practice and training, whether they can hear the speech or not. A prelingually deafened child is going to have a more difficult time acquiring language than a postlingually deafened child, and they will require different methods of education to ensure that they do, in fact, acquire language rather than simply learning to speak. One of the reasons for the average reading level of deaf high school graduates being the at 4th grade level is because of the lack of language development before the age of six. This is true of both prelingually Deaf adults and prelingually deaf adults. Those children who are provided with the access to language, either spoken or signed, before the age of six generally do quite well, and the earlier the access to a complete language is provided, the better the outcome. Beth The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.-- G. Woodson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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