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- Subject: SHHH report 3 of 13
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- Date: 12 Aug 92 21:32:10 GMT
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- [This is from the Silent Talk Conference]
-
- Part 3 of the SHHH Convention---Cedar Rapids, Iowa
-
- June 26, 1992--cont.
-
- Attended three workshops, which were:
-
- Breaking the Myth of "Perfect Hearing": What People Without
- Hearing Loss Really Hear
- by K. Patterson, G. DeRosear, J. Moore, J. Nealon, K. Walters, T.
- Wicks
-
- Quote from the Program book--
- 'Frequently, the person with hearing loss assumes that a person
- who does not have a hearing loss can and should hear everything
- occurring around him. This may lead to a communication barrier
- between the norma. hearing person and the person with a hearing
- loss. Learn what those with "perfect hearing" don't hear and
- bridge the communication gap.'
-
- They broke the components of communication down to:
- 1. the sender
- 2. the message
- 3. the medium
- 4. the environment
- 5. the receiver
-
- Anything that interferes with any of the components can interfere
- with communication---e.g. type of communication--sign,oral,etc.,
- stammering, dialects, phrasing of the message, how the message is
- sent (clearly, distinctly), noise, distance, and room acoustics.
-
- I'm guilty of assuming that hearing people hear everything---even
- they can't always! Even with that in mind, I still assume they
- can hear everything without strain or effort. Even when hearing
- people do have to strain or put out effort, they have it a whole
- lot easier than hearing-impaired people who have to strain and
- put out the effort not just sometimes, but ALL THE TIME! Still,
- it was enlightening how they broke it down--so much that it was
- put down here.
-
- ----------------------
-
- 911 Emergency for Hearing Impaired People
- by Toni Dunne
-
- Quote from program book:
- 'Over the past decade, technological emergency advancements have
- been made to better serve their communities. However, vvery
- little is known about the unique needs of the hearing impaired
- population. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates
- all 9-1-1 systems be accessible to individuals with speech and
- hearing impairments. This session will inform conferees on the
- requirements, legal implications, training and education required
- in order to assure the provision of quality services.'
-
- Ms. Dunne gave a handout, 9-1-1 Emergency Communications with
- various information and articles. One thing she pointed out was
- that the ADA requires telephone emergency services to provide
- direct access to individuals who use TDDs and computer modems.
- She asked us if we use 9-1-1 or another emergency number in our
- local area. It made me realize that my area doesn't have 911 tdd
- access---if we want to call emergency, we have to call a special
- TDD number (not 911!) which is prominently displayed in the front
- pages of the Denver directory. She stressed we are responsible
- for bring direct access about in our local areas if the situation
- is otherwise.
-
- ---------------------------
-
- What Did They Say?...Enhancing Communication Accessibility at
- Large
- by Randolph Mowry, Steven Boone
-
- They conducted a survey of convention attendees at the 1991
- convention and only 202 people returned their surveys! It was
- interesting to note that oral and sign interpreters were
- generally least helpful while FM systems and captioning were most
- helpful. I submitted my name to get a copy of their results so
- will not mention anything further here.
-
- -----------------------
-
- The Awards ceremony was held at 5:30 at which Jack O'Keeffe
- accepted an award on behalf of the editor of the Pittsburgh #1
- chapter for Outstanding Newsletters. I watched the awards and it
- was pretty informative. One of the people from the Boulder, CO,
- Chapter, Colette Ancelin, accepted an award for Ann Pruitt for
- all her efforts, among them chairing the 1991 Convention in
- Denver.
-
- At this ceremony, Jack O'Keeffe introduced me to Nancy Wessner,
- who serves on the SHHH Board.
-
- The Exhibit Reception will be covered next...
- To be continued....
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