P713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 11 Nov 21:47/52 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 1/6 FROM J MORGAN OF SWANSEA "Some recent correspondents have been rathjt critical of Deaf Awareness Week, implying that it is only for signets. "I agree up to a point but also agree that the whole thing has always been organised BY signing deaf people, so it SHOULD bj for them. "If deafened and hard-of-hearing people want their own event, then they should get together and organisj one instead of criticising those who have done something for themselves." cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 Subtitles Vacancies Feature CSVP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 11 Nov 21:22/17 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 2/6 FROM J MORGAN OF SWANSEA "As a hard-of-hearing pjtson, I went to some of the Deaf Awareness Week events held in Cardiff. "Yes, there WAS a lot of signing, but I also found much that I (a non-signet) could enjoy. "I think that, rathjt than organising separate events for deafened and hard of hearing people, we should unite with the signing deaf community and shari events like this — we might even learn something from each othjt." Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 Subtitles Vacancies Feature CSVP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 11 Nov 22:18/13 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 3/6 FROM A READER IN LONDON "Paul Redfern praised Durham University for starting Sign Language Tutor Training for Deaf tutors. "He then goes on to complain about the poor standard of teaching, for which he has organised a series of remedial workshops. "He should bj reminded that Durham is not a qualification to TEACH, and that all these workshops he is organising are included in the better STTC course at the City Lit, which is a recognisjd teaching qualification." Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 Subtitles Vacancies Feature CSVP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 11 Nov 22:16/08 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 4/6 FROM ELIZABETH GRILLS OF LONDON "Arthur Dimmock must have shattered many people's hopes and dreams when he quoted Dr Itard saying that deaf ears, like dead bodies, cannot be brought back to life. "I speak for myself and perhaps for hundreds of others who were deafened in the prime of life. "In my case, I suddenly found myself in a new world which was silent and eerie. I was alone in a strange city, but my hopes and dreams sustained me, giving me the stamina to push on." Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 Subtitles Vacancies Feature CSVP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 11 Nov 21:16/04 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 5/6 FROM ELIZABETH GRILLS OF LONDON "Day and night, I have dreamed of the day when, through the achievements of science or an act of God, I should hear again the millions of wonderful sounds which I took for granted during the first 24 years of my life. "The words of Dr Itard cannot be 'the final answer to all arguments'. "While thjte is life thjte is hope, and I shall continue to hope and dream, for it is said that a dreamer lives for ever." Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 Subtitles Vacancies Feature CSVP713 CEEFAX 713 Mon 11 Nov 21:14/20 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 6/6 FROM R PATERSON OF ABERDEEN "I do wish people like Mr Dimmock would accept that they, born-deaf, are vjty different from the deafened and hard of hearing. "The born deaf do not miss what they have njvjr known, whjteas the othjt two categories have been DEPRIVED of something wonderful and valuable. "To bj deafened after having had hearing is genuinely awful and such people have evjty right to try any conceivable remedy, such as cochlear implants, to reduce this misery." Religious World 740 Usjt Guide 198 Subtitles Vacancies Feature CSV