Mustaches and Lipreading
Saturday October 14, 2006
An About visitor wrote: I took sign-language in college and
I remember that the professor told us that she was quite traumatized by a teacher she had with a mustache whose lips she couldn't read. He ultimately did shave it off, but it took a while for her to work up the courage to explain that she couldn't understand him, as previous teachers had billed her as "a perfect lip reader" and he didn't understand why she didn't understand what he was saying.
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I remember my chemistry teacher. He’s had a real thick mustach that only puffs outward whenever he speaks. Was a big problem till he shaved it off for some reason.
At least he was sensitive once she explained her problem. When I was in elementary school, my only “special need” was to be seated on the front row so that I could see the teacher in order to speech read.
When I explained this to her, she told me that I would not be allowed to sit at the front of the class because all of her students sat in alphabetical order. This particular arrangement placed me at the back of the classroom.
When I protested, she told me to pack up and go to the Tennessee School for the Deaf in Knoxville. My Mother was livid.
I was mainstreamed in 1959. Thank goodness for Public Law 94-142 that requires all schools receiving federal money to make education accessible to all children.
I read a comment and shock about the teacher made a student to sit in the back due to alphabetical order full knowing that a student needs to sit front row due to lipreading. the teacher should not deny his or her needs for that in order to learn whatever in class or otherwise he or she won’t be able to learn because he or she is to sit in the back. And don’t ever tell student with needs to pack up and go to certain school. as long as the student can read lips and understand especially if the teacher understand the student too. if not then modify that into learn sign language or have interpreter to come in class. teacher or anyone else should NOT tell student pack up and go this or that school or deny their abilities of learning in class. if that person needs to be sit in the front THEN let it HAPPEN regardless of alphabetical order!! you adjust as you go unless student say something about need a better way then teacher, parents, student work together to work it out or change this or that way. whichever student go to mainstream school, public school or deaf school as long as it works out fine in class and learning and listen/be able to understand then thats great. Do not limit student needs or put in wrong class for wrong reasons or level of iq but is deaf. you will prevent a deaf/hoh students from learn things, so forth. Don’t make things harder than already is. BREAK DOWN THE BARRIER! have a nice day..
one more thing…. about a man teacher with mustache/beard. it can be pain in the butt to read lip!
its depends on the mustache/beard. the best way is to have them NOT to cover the lips. so trim them above the lip line. or if you prefer to shave it off then go ahead. other thing about readlips on men or female sometimes it is harder to understand because their lip/mouth move so small its depend on how they speak/move theirs. others move/speak just fine as clear enough to read lips well. so bottom line its all depends on individual’s. so for hearing people: don’t jump coulusion before a deaf/hoh explain to you this or that way then you will understand enough or more than enough. be patient with them and learn from them because they are the ones who have to read the lips, facial expression and speak sign language all in VISUAL ways. also use body language within in sign lauguage or alone all depends on where you are at and whom u talking to. have a nice day!
Not only having to read males with a thick mustache is difficult. The people who lisp when they talk are hard to understand as well as those who talk and don’t really move their lips much to form their words. There are all kinds of obstacles when communicating with people. I currently have a boss that just don’t communicate well with his employees! He thinks they can read his mind. We just have to learn to work and communicate with many different types of people. (By the way, I was offered another better job and will be moving on soon in my work. Yea!)
Pls Help Me..What is the use of chemistry on your daily life?
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