P643 CJEFAX 2 643 Fri 24 Jan 21:02/11 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 verbal 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 tell 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 CJEFAX 2 643 Fri 24 Jan 21:12/23 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 together and fight for their rights. Is thjte anyone out thjte who can tell mj 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 Fri 24 Jan 21:12/10 R 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 generation of deaf people, in a period white ear trumpets were the only solution offered for hearing problems. The current generations of deaf ch ld n and oung adult at wo t now acquire intelligible speech and at b st acquire speech as good as thjit hearing peers. cont'd ]]] New Read Hear address — page 640 Subtitle Jobs Read Hear Main MenuP643 CJEFAX 2 643 Fri 24 Jan 21:24/22 WUprujprzjpru J 4/5 WRITE HEAR: STEPHEN HANSON, EVESHAM "The reasons are the earlier detection of deaf-est, continually improving quality and power outputs of hearing aids, cochlear implants and contin5ally improving teaching methods. This is provided that Natural Aurali3m 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 Fri 24 Jan 21:27/14 W 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 my comprehension that Mr Hanson is profoundly deaf, or claimed to bj in a seemingly farcical mannjt. Do you think that Mr Hanson is a kind of 'alter Mitty who is having us on? My lugholes have been useless for more than two scores and I have njvet conj across such a piffle like Mr Hanson." New Read Hear address — page 640 Subtitle Jobs Read Hear Main M nu