P643 CEEFAX 2 643 Mon 20 Jan 00:44/41 1/5 WRITE HEAR: DAVID DIEBELIUS, ESSEX "I would like to write to say that some deaf people are right and it's good to talk about it. I have been treated badly at my job and been given a vjtbal warning for not picking up the phone. I was ill at home and couldn't go to work so my boss phoned to find out if I was coming. I couldn't use the phone and I was going to ask someone to till him. The boss must know I am deaf. So why phone me? cont'd >>> Religious World 149 Front page 100 Subtitle Jobs Read Hear Main MenuP643 CEEFAX 2 643 Mon 20 Jan 00:55/28 2/5 WRITE HEAR: DAVID DIEBELIUS, ESSEX "So, I was given a warning and told that if it happened again I would bj out of a job. So, I am seeking advice about this. I agree that deaf people should stick togethjt and fight for their rights. Is there anyone out thjte who can tell me what to do? I don't know who to turn to. Religious World 149 Front page 100 Subtitle Jobs Read Hear Main MenuP643 CEEFAX 2 643 Mon 20 Jan 03:45/21 3/5 WRITE HEAR: STEPHEN HANSON, EVESHAM "Can I just add some extra comments to Mr Arthur Dimmock's comments about deaf people with funny voices? That is certainly the case for the older genjtation of deaf people, in a period where ear trumpets were the only solution offered for hearing problems. The current generations of deaf children and young adults at worst now acquire intelligible speech and at best acquire speech as good as their hearing peers. cont'd ]]] New Read Hear address — page 640 Subtitle Jobs Read Hear Main MenuP643 CEEFAX 2 643 Mon 20 Jan 03:41/47 4/5 WRITE HEAR: STEPHEN HANSON, EVESHAM "The reasons are the earlier detection of deafness, continually improving quality and power outputs of hearing aids, cochlear implants and continually improving teaching methods. This is provided that Natural Auralism is used as the only communication mode instead of sign. The exclusive use of sign language obviously discourages speech development, and hence "Deaf people with funny voices". New Read Hear address — page 640 Subtitle Jobs Read Hear Main MenuP643 CEEFAX 2 643 Mon 20 Jan 03:54/45 5/5 WRITE HEAR: ANON OF SURREY "Regarding the comments of S Hanson of Evjsham and A Dimmock of Southsja during last October. It is beyond mz comprehension that Mr Hanson is profoundly deaf, or claimed to be in a seemingly farcical manner. Do you think that Mr Hanson is a kind of Walter Mitty who is having us on? My lugholes have been useless for more than two scores and I have never come across such a piffle like Mr Hanson." New Read Hear address — page 640 Subtitle Jobs Read Hear Main Menu