From Barry Strassler's DeafDigest with link top the original article.
As Barry points out, deaf people who "get by" often make things harder
for themselves.



DEAF APOCALYPSE OF THE WEEK:

The latest edition of Odyssey, published by

Gallaudet University, said that hard of hearing

children have double-coping problems.

Meaning they can communicate on one to one basis,

thus impressing observers with their lipreading skills.

These lipreading skills, however, hide their

hearing losses, deceiving observers into thinking

they understood more than what they're capable of.

Same goes for deaf children in oral programs. Teachers

slow down their lips in classrooms thus lulling the

children into thinking they can lipread everything

outside of the classroom!





See Page 9 at
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Odyssey/Winter2003/hoh-overlooked.pdf


Steve Hamerdinger, Director
Office of Deaf Services
Alabama Department of Mental Health
100 North Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130



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