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Does anyone teach classes for the hearing impaired? I have a student who's room mate is deaf. She says he reads lips really well, but I don't if that is enough. I told her I would try to find him a signer to sit in on one of my classes or find him a class that teaches to hearing impaired.

I am a little over 200 miles away. I have 2 signers that have VERBALLY (only) stated they were interested in doing this.
If you do not find anyone in the DFW area that will do it affordably contact me & I will see if either of them is really wanting to committ.

A good starting point:

The Interpreting Services Department provides interpreters for the students and staff at the Texas School for the Deaf. All interpreters are certified at the Board for Evaluation of Interpreters Level III (Advanced) or above. For more information, please contact:

Cathy Williams
Program Specialist, Interpreting Services
BEI Level V, Masters, Court Interpreter Certification
(512) 462-5452
(512) 848-2481--

http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/apps/pages/i ... 971&type=d

And:


There are many hearing members of the local deaf community who may be willing to volunteer their services. (siblings, parents, spouses, students, etc.) You will often find many enthused volunteers. Ask for local contact info.

Texas School For the Deaf

Texas School for the Deaf 1102 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704 Phone: (512) 462-5353 (v/tty)

Thanks for the info

Is an interpreter required by the CHL law? Can the student choose to take the class and just read the slides?

bizarrenormality wrote:Is an interpreter required by the CHL law? Can the student choose to take the class and just read the slides?

I would be to worried that he wasnt getting all the info

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.

Thanks for the info