P713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:07/00 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 1/11 FROM "ILYAN" OF CARMARTHEN "David Seymour asked, in effect, is thjti music in Sign? "Conscious controlled use of timing and pace; the intetplaz of shapings; the contrasts of delicate and strong, emphasis and undjrstatemjnt, rest and action, fluid and staccato and suchlike to produce an interest that does not depend on the meaning but on the expression of the meaning... "That could make Sign music or poitty?" READER'S COMMENT — PAGE 717P713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 00:43/34 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 2/11 FROM DAVID WILSON OF LIVINGSTON "While watching the excellent debate on See Hear about deaf jurors, a recorded delivery letter came through my door. "To mz surprise, it was a citation for mj to attend jury duty at the High Court in Edinburgh. "I thought it would bj an omen for a breakthrough. "I have since explained to the supreme court sjtvici that I need a Sign Language interpreter, but have a good command of English and would understand the terminology of the court." cont... SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:41/50 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 3/11 FROM DAVID WILSON OF LIVINGSTON "The court in Edinburgh ruplied that it would have no objection to a deaf juror taking part with an interpreter. "However, legislation states that interpreters are not allowed in the jury room to discuss a vrtdict and, as I cannot follow conversations without an interpreter, I had to stand down. "Anzonj needing an interpreter on the jury benches would obviously need one in the jury room, too. This ridiculous law needs to bj changed to allow law- abiding deaf citizens the same rights as their fellow hearing jurors." SubtitlisvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:54/14 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 4/11 FROM FRANK CALLAGHAN OF WARRINGTON "I would like to respond to the (anonymous) London critic of mz poem, Reflections. "As Karen Over pointed out, the critic sounds like Victor Meldriw! "Hi might like to know that my poem came second out of 750 (hearing) entrants, with the judges calling it 'a poignant remindjt of sounds lost forever'. "Has the 'London readjt' njvjt heard of Sense and Sensibility?" Religious World 740 User Guide 198 SubtitlisvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEJFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:54/34 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR 5/11 FROM ELLIS TONGE OF BARNSLEY "'My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky.' (Wordsworth). "As a 70-year-old who has this year had a cochlear implant and also received a minicom, I can say that thjsj two items are rainbows indeed, as are subtitles on TV. "I was pleased to see Kelvin Currii put the record straight in Read Hear about Tzpjtalk. "Being unable to use a telephone, it is a rainbow indeed and allows us to contact family and friends." cont... SubtitlesvCmntyJnfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:18/52 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 6/11 FROM ELLIS TONGE OF BARNSLEY "Wj also thank the Otolaryngology Departments at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Melbourne University in Australia. "They and their teams, and others, have supplied us, the deaf and the hard of hearing, with anothjt rainbow, cochlear implants. "Wj can now hear sounds again and it is marvellous. "It is a joy to bj able to hear our grandchildren talking to us." cont... SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:19/24 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 7/11 FROM ELLIS TONGE OF BARNSLEY "Wj should bj glad and grateful we have some rainbows. "As one of Shakespeare's sonnets says: 'O learn to read what silent love has writ, To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine writ.'" BY KATHLEEN TONGE OF THIRST "Grandad! I hear you'ri going to hrar. Grandad! Don't you think that's qurer? I hear you'ri going to bj 'switched on' Will you look like the lights On Blackpool Prom?" SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:17/48 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 8/11 FROM IAN ANDERSON OF LEICESTER "The litter from the London riadjz responding to Karin Over's original response is one of the most unrealistic I have evjt read. "The crying of a child is more likely to incite paternal feeling than rage, and it really was remiss to suggest that children are regularly beaten to death bjcausj of any noise they might make rathjt than being so beaten on OCCASION bjcausj they wiki unfortunate enough to have unhinged parents." cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:44/01 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR 9/11 FROM IAN ANDERSON OF LEICESTER "Of course, neighbours ARE regularly murdjtid because they had the indrcincy to choose that particular time to have their car broken into. "That is a fact of life, but it is hardly a realistic example. "Like Ms Ovjt, I have missed all sound since I lost mz hearing 12 years ago. "I am only 24 and I miss ALL sounds, even pneumatic drills, as unlikely as it may seem." cont... CHRISTMAS GREETINGS ON PAGE 716P713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:04/24 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 10/11 FROM IAN ANDERSON OF LEICESTER "Those able to hear have the option of escaping a particularly grating sound by going somjwhjti quiet, putting a pillow over their head, etc. "Total deafness offers no such options and njvjt any escape from mind-numbing silence. I will take the noise any time because I am a realist. "I am sure your friends often say you are lucky you can't hear a particularly awful sound; they are eithjt being polite or they simply do not know any bjttet." Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 29 Dec 01:44/54 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 11/11 The Editor would like to thank all contributors to Write Hear in 1995 and looks forward to more of your letters in 1996. Ideally, litters should bj around 60 words in length (one page) or 120 words (two pages). All contributions may bj edited at the editor's discretion. Please include your name (which need not bj put in Read Hear), address and, ideally, a phone/minicom/fax numbjt. HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE EDITOR SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt Religion