I had a very interesting discussion with group of deaf friends of my mine. (mostly are classmates of my partner, Bradley also are graduates of 2008
MSSE program from
RIT -CONGRATULATIONS!-) Somehow the topic of "looking like a deaf person or look like hearing person" brought up was many people thought that several people in the
MSSE programs was hearing while in reality, they are deaf. Many theories was brought up like it was product of
oralism or the side effect of being raised in hearing family.
The most logical theory was that hearing people are accustomed to its surroundings while deaf people are not so they (the deaf people) have to be more alert of what's going on. While those people who many people assumed that they are hearing usually wears assistance devices like hearing aids or cochlear implants. OR they basically ignore their surroundings.
The most funny thing is that we all basically agreed that many deaf people dress bit differently.
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A fannypack is a dead giveaway
Some people told me that they could recognize deaf people just because of the way they look. When I first heard that, I was like "..huh. how so?" and they couldn't really answer the question. Mind you, this was in a discussion in my Journalism class back in 9th grade. The teacher wanted to do an article on a deaf person but the teacher did not mention about her hearing loss. One of the students just looked at the photo and was like "..for some reason, she looks like a deaf person to me." The student, I guess, did not realize that I was also in the class, lol..
But, yea, I think hearing aids or a cochlear implant could give it away. ::shrugs:: What can we do? =\
I also took a quick peek at your biography. Congratulations on getting into the MSSE program. Good luck with that! I will be a senior next fall at RIT for Psychology, so maybe I'll see you around. =)
I have always thought there was a Deaf look. I would sometimes take my hearing aid out in public to avoid the senseless noise and Deaf people would come up to me and start signing. Never understood how they know. On the other hand, the young Deaf today are very much like their hearing peers. You see them paying attention to how the hearing look and act.
Rachel asks "...huh. how so?"
I think that, in the 21st century, implantées are much less recognisable as deaf people simply because they depend more on auditory channels than on visual channels through which visually-oriented deaf people recognise one another in the hearing world -- not at school, college, or any conference (WDF, NAD).
To the HOH,
Not the Deaf look. It is how a Deaf person's eyes look.
I never get the I look like a deaf person comment. I get the comment, "Wow, you don't look deaf."
I could never tell a deaf person by the way they dress. I am a very trendy dresser and that statement does not apply to me. You will never catch me wearing a fanny pack :) I could tell by the way their facial expressions looking at me or where their eyes are focused on. Its in the body language for me.
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