Mr. Rilch is working on a screenplay about a deaf woman. In the interest of research, I agreed to post his questions in this forum.
— Is it common for deaf children to get speech therapy so that they can learn to approximate normal speech patterns? If they did, how fluent might they be as an adult?
— What would a gathering for deaf teens/twentysomethings be like? Would there be music with heavy bass and subwoofers going to 11?
— What’s the most awkward/dangerous situation you’ve been in that was directly caused by your deafness? Like, not hearing an approaching car, for instance.
— Are people usually willing to learn to sign so they can communicate with you? Or do they stick to writing stuff down?
Sorry, Rilch, and deaf people. I couldn’t resist. Hope someone who can actually help’ll be along… I assume my 'I read once’s it’d be more hindrance than help
–Deaf people with rich folks can afford speech theraphy, yes. I noticed that the richer they are, the better the kids sound. Another odd thing is, most of the speech trainers don’t know sign language.
They can also learn to talk in oral schools for the deaf.
–Deaf parties are usually pretty loud because they can’t hear themselves making noises, pushing chairs around, banging cups & some talk in a very loud voice unaware of the noise they make. For music, they can put the speakers face down on the floor & crank up the bass.