( i couldnt resist but to put this photo up- as it seemed so appropriate for the word - listening !!)
We the began some listening exercises- this was done by her facing me with a paper on in front of her face so i couldn't lipread what she was saying.
I found this part very difficult and took up alot of my concentration - a majority of the time i could hear mumbles and work them out via syllables. we began a simple exercise by naming the days of the week in any order and by random:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
This proved difficult especially as each day ends with DAY! Sarah explained the syllables to look at eg WEDNESDAY has three WED - NES- DAY and so does SAT- UR- DAY. It was equally frustrating for me as i felt like i was going back to my childhood and starting all over again!
We then progressed on to numbers:
ONE, TWO,THREE,FOUR, FIVE, SIX,SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE,TEN
and she taught me to identify SEVEN as it had two syllables : Se- ven ..
her last exercise she did with me was read a paragraph and i had a copy in which i was to read and follow where she was at - at times i did get lost as everything still sounded RAH RAH or MOM MON but i could see each time i heard it - i was able to identify it more!
She advised me to practice this at home with my husband - which I did most nights when we sat down to watch Television.
Ive also been watching some simple listening tunes on you tube they are below :
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR !!!
THE ALPHABET SONG
I followed these and the exercises on a regular basis and each day it was getting clearer and clearer to listen to, yes it was frustrating to start with i felt like i was turning back the clock doing things i did as a child but the more work i did on it the more listening skills i acquired.
3 comments:
Hi Lisa
One thing that really helped me when I went deaf is lip-reading classes! I had probably been doing it while my hearing was going down, indeed I think everyone does it subconsciously. But when I did go deaf, it gave me a basis to work out what people were saying.
Because people don't say WED NES DAY, they say 'wensdé' and then there's individual accents to consider!
Your situation may be different having been more deaf for a lot longer, but maybe it's worth a look?
It was suggested to me otherwise that I do sign language but I don't know anyone else who signs, so who would I be learning it for?
Anyway - good luck with the 'new langauage'
AcmeJC - ive been deaf all my life so lipreading is something ive always maintained and have 35 years of experience with ! that goes without saying - as i still dont always get it right - i remember when i was 15 and did my workexperience as a waitress in a hotel and thought someone requested 'tooth paste!' searched high and low for this damm 'toothpaste!' when infact all he requested was 'toothpick!!' i nearly died with embarrassment .. poor me.. try it with no voice or get someone else to mime it for u ? im sure you'll find it hard to tell differences too ha ha ! Lisa x
I forgot to mention i can use sign language too - i went to a oral deaf school - but we did all the naughty signs behind closed doors when teachers were not looking - but i loved it - alllessons were oral but as soon teachers turn their back we began developing our own world- best thing i ever did as i have the best of both worlds - but we live in an oral society and being deaf is trying at times- i always used to say the hearing disable me - as in im not disabled - im abled at alot of things - they just need to know how to accomodate me !
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