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                             THE HANDICAP DIGEST

                                 Issue # 2922

                        Thursday, September 03, 1992

Today's Topics:


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                          Re: Siggy's Perfect House
                             Re: Transportation
                                   Ideas?
                            Purpose of this Echo
                            RETURN FROM THE PAST!
                          SHHH correction/addendum
                                tdd directory
                          Re: PURPOSE OF THIS ECHO
                          Re: PURPOSE OF THIS ECHO
                               Re: Cued Speech


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Subject: Re: Siggy's Perfect House
From: spgreg@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Greg Macrae)
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center

In article <24246@handicap.news>, Karen.Tackett@p2.f42.n352.z1.fidonet.org
writes...
>Index Number: 24246
>
>little bit about "accessibility" to little kids by changing Siggy
>to be a child in a wheelchair.
>
>So Siggy, perhaps alone, or with his parents, siblings, or friends
>is going to build his perfect house.

From a Tshirt I have:  At least one no step entrance.  All doorways
at least 32" wide, including bathrooms.  Basic Access to every new
house because you've got to visit friends and lovers.

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                             |     Reveals your whole interior
  spgreg@mars.lerc.nasa.gov  |         Silly hollow frog!
                             |                      -Anon.
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Subject: Re: Transportation
From: spgreg@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Greg Macrae)
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center

In article <24244@handicap.news>, Tony.Albritton@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org
writes...
>Index Number: 24244
>
>I'm looking into purchasing a van and there are somethings I want
>advice on. I need to know which would be better, lowering the floor
>or putting on a higher roof. Which van would be best a Chevy or a
>Ford. And where would the lift on the van best work on the side or
>in the back.

Here's a summary of my recent, but limited experience.  Both Chevy and
Ford make high quality full size vans.  At the time I purchased, Ford
was offering a better initial configuration, ie. they sell a custom
package that is stripped of all interior equipment, including drivers
seats (they supply a disposable plastic seat to drive it from the
dealer to the garage).  If you are buying used, this won't be a
consideration.  Another concern is driving habits.  If you
are afraid of parallel parking with a van, and avoid it whenever
possible, you will probably want a lift mounted in the back of the
van.  It is harder for people to park you in when you park head in
to a standard spot and you are less contrained in the absence of wide
hadicapped spaces.  With a rear lift, a raised roof is preferable in
order to avoid interfering with the rear wheel drive train.  Another
concern might be garage access.  If you frequently park in parking
garages, or have a low ceiling in a home garage, you don't want to
raise the roof.  Unless you have a long garage, rear lifts may not
allow parking in a garage at home.  If you park outside all the time,
in rain, sleet and snow, raising a roof is usually less expensive.
In case it isn't obvious yet, there is no one best answer for all
situations.  If you want useful advise, tell us more about your
situation and how you will use the van.

The solution I found:  I have an unusually low garage ceiling.  Full
size vans do not fit at all.  My choices were a mini van with a
lowered floor, or a VW bus.  The bus actually has more head room than
an unmodified full size van and is a full 7 inches or more shorter.
The only lift option is side mounted, so I got a slim rotarty lift
that I can actually use in a standard parking space if my neighbors
don't park across the lines...

MacRae
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Subject: Ideas?
From: Peter.Deafy.Haskins@f37.n342.z1.fidonet.org (Peter "Deafy" Haskins)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:342/37 - Deafy's First Post , Stony Plain Alta


[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Will each Major City Deaf Residents in each state pls provide us
some information below:

1. TDD nbrs for all Deaf organizations?
2. TDD nbrs for all Relay Services ?
3. TDD nbrs for all Emergency agencies such like Police, Fire, Ambulance,FBI,
 Sheriff's office etc
4. TDD nbrs for all Emergency Rooms in all hospitals
5. TDD nbrs for all lawyers's
6. TDD nbrs for all Counselling to the Deaf
7. TDD nbrs for AAA, any Motor Associations etc
8. TDD nbrs for any business firms that serve the Deaf
9.TDD nbrs for Airlines, Trains, Buses, etc and any transpoaration such like
 Transporation for Handicapped etc
10. TDD nbrs for all Public Transits
11. TDD nbrs for all State Government offices and including Federal Government
 offices
12. TDD nbrs for all Interpreters services
13. TDD nbrs for all Deaf Schools, college, university and Tech schools etc.
14. TDD nbrs for all Recreation , Travellers Info centers etc
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Any Deaf TDD directories of each city in all states please send to
Peter Haskins
RR 2 Site 4 Box 99
Stony Plain Alberta
T0E 2G0
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All addresses should also be included for the above list etc with name of person
 contacts.

Reason why I am gathering this information as I was thinking of getting a full
 scale TDD Directory for all Deaf Travellers printed . I already
applied for a grant to Canadian Motor Association and American Motor
Association, Good Sam Club, Dominion Motor Association, and also to
various agencies hoping that we can publish this type of a TDD Directory for The
 USA and Canada. The costs of the printing that may pass down to the Deaf is a
 good question because we do not know the exact costs and depending on how long
 the listings would be . It all depends on the full co operation from all the
 deaf organizations that will provide information.

I firmly believe a TDD Directory for the Deaf Travellers is a must because due
 to our bad experience .. My wife and I went to Denver and our van broke down
 and e looked in the phone book for a TDD nbr to call Good Sam Club we couldnt
 find so I had to call home and get the nbr...Thats what made me to think
 seriously for a long needed TDD directory....

Any other suggestions that we should add in the TDD directory is always welcome.

Any thing that you think there should be other TDD nbrs to be added It will be
 always welcome and I am open to any other Suggestions.

May we hear any comments !

Regards,
Peter "Deafy" Haskins
Deafy's First Post Office

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Subject: Purpose of this Echo
From: Felix.Game@f125.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Felix Game)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:163/125 - FedNet Public Acces, Ottawa ON


[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi All,
        I have just requested my sysop to obtain this Echo, because I
        wanted to see what it contains. I am HoH. I find it not a big
        hardship. Very peaceful, quiet world; car's engine sounds
        terrific (when I put my aid on, I want to trade it quick).
        When in company, I wear a hearing aid. Them's the basics.

        I don't see anything on this echo I can identify with. I don't
        want to learn how to sign. I hoped that I would find some
        discussion about why hearing-impaired and deaf people do not
        have a better lobby with politicians and manufacturers. Since
        we are all conversing via computer, we must be
        computer-literate. As such we must suspect that the leading
        edge of technology is capable of MORE  than it has produced in
        gadgets for the hearing-impaired. Hearing aids should be
        capable of being customized so that they compensate for the
        frequencies YOU need to have amplified, not what the labratory
        flunky thought "you need".

        I don't see anything here which deals with the organized crime
        of forcing me to go through three different levels of
        professionals and make-believe professionals to obtain a
        hearing aid, as if I were some moron who is incapable of
        knowing what he wants. That is the only reason I have to pay
        $550 for an aid; because three people up the line want to make
        a living off me. It is like not being able to buy dentures
        from the lab that makes them without going through a dentist,
        who calls himself "Doctor".

        I don't see anything here about the lack of attempt on the
        part of the medical profession to more thoroughly diagnose a
        hearing problem. I have gray hair, so these "professionals"
        automatically assume that my hearing loss is due to  old age.
        Some try to be "kind" and say it is due to "premature aging".
        Then I tell them that I pick up an additional 40 decibels when
        I yawn in the car and it starts sounding like it will fall
        apart any minute. I say to the professionals that something
        opened up, indicating a mechanical (i.e. physical) gateway
        which perhaps could be kept open all the time and gain me the
        40 decibels all the time. Nah, they don't want to get bogged
        down with that, I just have to face the fact that I am "nerve
        deaf".  Well, I wouldn't mind getting bogged down. Am
        I alone in this?

        This is an awful way to start off in an echo one has just
        joined. I hope that I have not stepped on any toes. I just
        thought that these would be some of the issues discussed here.
        If I am out to lunch than someone please tell me (nicely if
        possible) and I will fade away the way I came.

... OFFLINE 1.32
 * SLQWiK 1.02.d #UNREGISTERED

... via DeltaMail v2.20 for SL (#222163)

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Subject: RETURN FROM THE PAST!
From: Vixen@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Vixen)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:203/11 - The Broken Rose BBS, Sacramento CA


[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi,

Well, just a note to let you know that everyones favourite (and I
hope mine too) electronic eared dea"f"head musician is back from
her trip to New England! I hope that everyone has been well!

Just a note of possible disinterest; I just recently bought an
Irish frame drum, commonly known as a "Bohdran" which my son,
Stephen decorated by painting our family Coat of Arms, name and
motto on the calfskin head.

The word "Bohdran" comes from the Irish word "bodhar" meaning
"deaf" or "dull sounding." So, I would ask, who better to play such
an instrument than yours truly!!! I love the way it thuds and
vibtartes. Feels so good like an Irish drun should!

Anyway, I'm back!!!!!

Keepin' the faith!

.                            Vixen

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Subject: SHHH correction/addendum
From: Karen.Keil@p0.f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Karen Keil)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:104/809.0 - Fantasy Mountain, Golden CO


[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Part 14 of 13 --- SHHH Convention in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Since a correction needs to be made anyway, additional info will
be added to this correction/addendum post.
            -----------------------------
            ---------CORRECTION----------
            -----------------------------
Part 6-- it had '630305-1499' for the zip code for Silent Word
Media Resources.  The correct zip code is '60305-1499'.

There were a few typos--e.g. 'norma.' instead of 'normal',
'bring' instead of 'bringing', 'mesages' instead of 'messages',
'buggys' instead of 'buggies', but these are minor.  The
correction above was the only serious typo.

--------------------------------

Some interesting additional information:

In part 8, one of the workshops was 'Hearing Impairment in North
America,' presented by Jerome Schein, Ph.D.  This man is the
author of a book, AT HOME AMONG STRANGERS: EXPLORING THE DEAF
COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES (Gallaudet University Press,
Washington, DC 20002, published 1989), a fact I didn't find out
until just now.  As far as I know, he never mentioned this book
during his lecture, but he did say that he had done research on
deaf people for a long, long time.

His introduction to his book above is very interesting.  He said
that he's often asked how he got interested in deafness.  Strange
as it seems, his interest did NOT stem from any personal
involvement with deafness--e.g. a deaf relative, a deaf friend,
etc.  He had no classes or courses on deafness at the
universities he attended.

His interest was strictly academic--"while a professor at Florida
State University, I was offered a position as a clinical
psychologist at what was then the only institution of higher
education for Deaf people in the world---Gallaudet College.  When
I arrived at the college, in 1960, I had only curiosity about,
and no knowledge of, deafness....I escaped the notion that Deaf
people were somehow inferior to other people."

I was impressed with his quiet and forceful presentation of the
workshop.  His book has interesting cases and stories, such as
the one about the Deaf couple who wanted to adopt a foster baby
they had been caring for.  The judge tried to oppose the move,
saying the deaf couple could not provide a 'normal' home for a
hearing child.  In the end, the deaf couple won, and adopted the
child.   Ironies of ironies, later the child was found to be
hearing-impaired!

--------

Post 13 had info about the book, LEGAL RIGHTS:  THE GUIDE FOR
DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE, 1992 4TH ED. $19.95.  You can
get it at other places besides SHHH.

It can be obtained from:
     Gallaudet University Bookstore
     800 Florida Avenue, NE
     Washington, DC 20002-3695

Shipping and Handling is 10 percent of the total cost of the
order or $2.00, whichever is greater.  For foreign orders, S & H
is 15 percent or $5.00.

Or....a telephone order may be placed to them, using
VISA/MASTERCARD at 202-651-5380 between 9:00 am to 4:30 EST.  Or
order from your local bookstore.

------------

Post 12 mentioned the light colors the Beachy Amish hostesses
wore at the Amish dinner.  The Old Order Amish tend to wear
darker colors (dark blue, etc). The Old Order Amish farmhomes
could be told apart just by the fact that no wiring led to the
house or other farm buildings.  Otherwise their farms looked just
the same as other modern farms (except no vehicles like pickups,
cars, etc..)

----------

I tried to maintain the objective of including information and
narrative of mutual interest to both SHHH members and non-members
on the Silentalk echo for the SHHH convention report.  A very
perceptive Silentalker pointed out the obvious omission (what
SHHH stands for---Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People,
Inc.)--for which I say 'thank you'!

Another clarification needs to be made....Rocky Stone referred to
a couple times in the report is the executive director and
founder of SHHH.  Other than that, all persons referred to were
adequately identified (I hope).

----------

Last item....the newspaper article about Henry Kisor's speech...
His picture in the paper did not do him justice.  He looked
better and more handsome in person.  Surprisingly, he was not a
very tall man, but he struck me as a gentle, quiet and purposeful
man, who was very affable to everyone who stopped to talk to him,
even the lady with the hearing dog in the lobby, who 'bent' his
ear for a conversation lasting several minutes.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, GAZETTE, June 27, 1992, page 1b.

DEAF AUTHOR RELATES STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

Group for people with hearing loss meeting in C.R.

by Sue Davis Smith

When Henry Kisor was 3 years old, an illness left him deaf.  it
did not make him mentally retarded, even though he's been
introduced that way.  And the solitude of his world has not
hindered his career.

If anything, he has learned to appreciate that solitude as "a
productive state" turned to his advantage, said this author and
journalist with the Chicago Sun-Times.

"In my book ("What's That Pig Outdoors?: A Memoir of Deafness") I
reveal the challenges and the problems and the acceptance I've
encountered at home and in my career.  My goal has always been to
remain independent."

Kisor spoke Friday during the International SHHH (Self Help for
Hard of Hearing) Convention at the Five Seasons Hotel in Cedar
Rapids.  SHHH is the largest consumer organization of people with
hearing loss.  Eight hundred people are attending the four-day
convention, which ends Monday.

Interest is high at this convention on how the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) will change life for the hearing impaired
and others with disabilities.

New laws applying to hiring practices and employer accommodations
go into effect in July.  The ADA will open opportunities and
accommodations, Kisor said, but it won't solve every problem.

"The ADA is important, but your own willingness to grow is just
as important in dealing with the hearing world," he said.

Kisor has encountered obstacles, rejection and awkwardness in his
own career.  The Sun-Times' book editor since 1978, he uses many
of the same tools as hearing journalists--and a few more.

"Until recently I didn't like using an interpreter.  I've gone
for 25 years in newspaper work without one and I was proud of
this independence.  But it meant a struggle."

Kisor does not speak on the phone, so his secretary acts as an
intermediary.  He tapes all of his interviews and then has his
notes transcribed.

While working on a new book, Kisor chose to use an interpreter
during an interview with a long-time Amtrak chef who "had a thick
Mississippi accent and only three teeth.  Two of them gold."

"Using an interpreter with this man, I realized how easy it was
and how much I had missed being able to see and understand at the
same time what was said.  Did I give up my independence then?  Of
course not.

"Hearing journalists use all kinds of tools, tape recorders,
laptop computers.  This was now a new tool for my job.  Only it
was an automatic two-legged recorder."

Being deaf "as the proverbial doorknob" has taken Kisor many
years to feel comfortable speaking.  During his talk at the
convention, the audience was assisted by signing and the
captioning of his speech on a large screen.

"My uncomfortableness in speaking in front of large groups
started at school, when other kids laughed at my speech," he
said.  "My strategy then was getting sick before presentations
and not knowing the answer if I was called upon.  All of that
changed when my book came out."

Kisor's publisher pushed him to extend his publicity tour to
include TV, radio and speaking engagements.  "I soon realized
that people weren't interested in my speech, but what I had to
say."

Rejection and awkwardness is part of life for hearing-impaired
and deaf people, Kisor said.  After almost 20 years at the
Sun-Times, some people at work still won't talk to him.

"What do I do about it?  Sometimes nothing.  But a little effort
could bridge that gap."

-----end of article----------

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Subject: tdd directory
From: Karen.Keil@p0.f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Karen Keil)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:104/809.0 - Fantasy Mountain, Golden CO


[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

* While Looking For Words Of Wisdom From All, Peter "deafy" Haskins Scribed:
PH  Will each Major City Deaf Residents in each state pls
PH  provide us
PH  some information below:

PH  1. TDD nbrs for all Deaf organizations?
PH  2. TDD nbrs for all Relay Services ?
PH  3. TDD nbrs for all Emergency agencies such like Police,
PH  Fire, Ambulance,FBI, Sheriff's office etc
PH  4. TDD nbrs for all Emergency Rooms in all hospitals
PH  5. TDD nbrs for all lawyers's
PH  6. TDD nbrs for all Counselling to the Deaf
PH  7. TDD nbrs for AAA, any Motor Associations etc
PH  8. TDD nbrs for any business firms that serve the Deaf
PH  9.TDD nbrs for Airlines, Trains, Buses, etc and any
PH  transpoaration such like Transporation for Handicapped etc
PH  10. TDD nbrs for all Public Transits
PH  11. TDD nbrs for all State Government offices and including
PH  Federal Government offices
PH  12. TDD nbrs for all Interpreters services
PH  13. TDD nbrs for all Deaf Schools, college, university and
PH  Tech schools etc.
PH  14. TDD nbrs for all Recreation , Travellers Info centers
PH  etc

Peter,

Have you heard of the 1992 INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY FOR TEXT
TELEPHONE USERS, published by Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.?

It has numbers in every state, Canada and other countries for relay
services, businesses, educational services, financial services,
interpreting services, etc., etc., in addition to residential
numbers and addresses of deaf people.

It would seem to be a duplication of effort to compile one when one
already exists.  This directory is growing bigger each year.

You can obtain it from Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
                       8719 Colesville Road, Suite 300
                       Silver Spring, Maryland 20910

                       301-589-3006 (tdd)
                       301-589-3786 (voice)
                       301-589-3797 (fax)
                       301-589-0382 (T/V)

for $20.00.

They publish a newsletter that comes out quarterly and is called
GA-SK.  Membership for the newsletters, directory and your own
listing in the directory is an annual fee of $15.00.

Karen
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Subject: Re: PURPOSE OF THIS ECHO
From: Vixen@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Vixen)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:203/11 - The Broken Rose BBS, Sacramento CA


[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi Felix,

I don't think that your entrance into this conference was at all
"awful." You spoke what you feel in a seemingly honest fashion.

However, I might suggest that you could "lighten up" a bit on the
those topics or "things that "you" have'nt seen discussed" in this
echo. Keep in mind that some of us here have been around since the
beginning days of this conference and have seen the matters that
you are personally interested in and many other topics, discussed
here in repetitive cycles.  (Which by the way, does'nt at all mean
that "you" should not bring them up! As these conferences are ever
changing with new people coming aboard all the time.)

I was very much interested in your comment concerning hearing aids
and frequency. More specifically, the matter of "custom tuning." I
wear bilateral hearing aids and use a remote TELEX sound enhancer
as well. In the matter of my BTEs, they were tuned to compensate
for my actual individual loss (Where there is residual hearing left
to work with.) And therefore are custom tuned for me.

Although I am no authority or even greatly knowledgeable about
audiology and hearing aids, it appears to me, like all hearing aids
are custom designed to meet the individuals need (At least these
days.). So, I thought nothing special about my BTEs being precisely
set to meet my personal needs. Unless a person has an ear doctor
who prescribes hearing aids with an off and on and loud, louder and
loudest switch only, that in general, all hearing aids were custom
tuned to the individuals needs?

I also found your comment concerning a "sound gateway" that allows
you to hear more when you yawn quite interesting. I can't imagine
what kind of doctor you have, who would not be interested in
further investigating your perception. As you say, what if that
"gateway" could be opened permanently.

My hearing loss is due to Otosclerosis with complications (and I am
not a candidate for corrective surgery.) and some of theose
"complications" concern Menierres type symptoms related to allergy
and chronic fluid in the ears. I note that "sometimes" when my ears
feel a little more "fluid free" (for lack of a better expression),
I will ocassionally also experience a "sound gateway." Although,
nothing to the degree that you talk about experiencing. But enough
so that it will suddenly seem like my hearing aids are working just
a little bit better. So, I wondered if you had any history of
allergy. Sometimes, when my ears are really occluded, I can be as
deaf as nail even with my BTEs wailing and then when they go into a
clear period, I do much much better. Anyway, it was just a
thought.

Welcome to SilentTalk!

Keepin' the faith!

.                            Vixen

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Subject: Re: PURPOSE OF THIS ECHO
From: Karen.Hansen@f22.n375.z1.fidonet.org (Karen Hansen)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:375/22 - Ken's BBS, Montgomery AL


[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi, Vixen!  This is my first time on this echo, and your message to Fel was
the first one I saw.  I also have chronic fluid in my ears and have a
hearing loss because of it.  I am fortunate because as long as they keep
tubes in my ears, they are pretty much okay.  They think a lot of it is due
to allergies but I've been through shots and everything, and none of that
helped the fluid.  My husband has a severe hearingoss and wears a Xomed
implant hearing aid, though it doesn't help very much.  I'm curious as to
whether or not you drive.  If so, does your hearing problem affect your
driving?  My husband had a lot of wrecks before he got his hearing aid
(usually aleast one major one per year).  After he got his hearing aid his
driving improved, but here lately he has been having accidents again. I
wonder if it's because of his hearing.  Hope to hear from you soon!

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Subject: Re: Cued Speech
From: Jack.O'keeffe@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jack O'keeffe)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:129/26 - SoundingBoard, Pittsburgh PA


[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi Ed:

 EP>  a large article about "Cued Speech".  I was wondering if it
 EP>  would be to my advantage to start learning this different
 EP>  sign technique, or will it be another "Passing Phase"?

Cued Speech isn't exactly new, Ed.  It's been around for a while
so I wouldn't consider it a passing phase.  Its use isn't particularly
widespread, but there are pockets of enthusiasts scattered about.

A principal advocate has been Dr. R. Orin Cornett.  He was the
Director of the Cued Speech program at Gallaudet, but he is now
retired (I think).

With my superficial understanding of the technique, I regard it NOT
as another sign language, but as a useful supplement to speechreading.

If Cued Speech is used in the Austin area, give it a try.

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