Friends I see regularly at our masjid or some that I've known since before the complex partials began, I usually have no problem with. The issue is more with people I've met recently, or my husband's friend's wives who I rarely see.
Trouble finding, remembering words
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Plasticmask
I don't have a "deaf accent"? Hm, hadn't noticed.
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Just for clarity: "Concussion" in Sign is: You touch the side of your head, then make that hand into a fist and SLAM it into your apposing palm. So that is why ASL works sometimes (if I know the Sign; I have a fairly -well, kind of- good ASL vocabulary just can't form sentences with it) and I mean SOMETIMES, if I don't recall the word in English.
It's why I have to take my Wife into exams with me, if I can't lipread because they're talking too fast, have a mustache covering their mouth, keep their back to me, keep covering their face, have a thick accent, etc... she provides the translation of the significant parts. Usually after I tell them that I'm deaf, show them my T-shirt that says that I'm deaf, show them my HAT that says that I'm deaf, when they forget and they forget a LOT, I just say in what I hope is a smiling voice "Still deaf..."
What I **HATE** are the apologies. I always respond with something like "Oh now come on. How many deaf people do you see in a day? NO NEED to apologize".
Anyway sorry that the explanation of the Sign for "concussion" became a rant. Thanks for reading, though. This truly IS the nicest, most understanding Forum that I've ever joined and with I have had the genuine pleasure of membership.
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If I run into someone that I know but don't remember their name I'll also give them some time to talk about themselves to see if I remember it. If I still don't remember I'll flat out ask them what their name is, I'm not afraid to do it anymore. I joke with people telling them that everyone should have to wear nametags so we know who they are.
The only reason I had to remember my sister-in-laws mother's name is because the family was together doing something. When I needed to get her attention then I had to say her name. It just wouldn't stick up there until my mom told me how to remember it.