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by ChrisNTX
Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:46 pm
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: Hearing impaired
Replies: 7
Views: 2800

Re: Hearing impaired

This is a great question. I have often wondered how this would work myself as I have a daughter that is profoundly deaf. I could ask around to see if there are those that would interpret. But the issue may come up that ASL (American Sign Language) is not exactly direct translation to English. For example, in English we may say, "Are you deaf? I am deaf." In ASL that would translate to "you, deaf you? I deaf I."

You could also contact the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders to see if they had a grad student that would translate. Many have to acquire so many points through direct experience to fulfill their grad school requirements.

You may want to clarify with your hearing impaired student to see if they use ASL or the "SEE" method ("Sign Exact English"). Unfortunately, I do not sign because my daughter has cochlear implants and can hear with those.

Hope that helps.

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