tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post6912767688754748647..comments2024-02-07T02:40:14.765-05:00Comments on Stories 4 You: Talking Fingers #OurAuthorGangGoldenBoxBookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02469627613746535923noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-57201977252763470072017-06-21T05:08:48.123-04:002017-06-21T05:08:48.123-04:00Thank you Mackenzie! A lot of deaf people read lip...Thank you Mackenzie! A lot of deaf people read lips and learn to talk very clearly. I met a young woman and I thought she spoke with a nice accent, but when I started talking and she watched my lips instead of making eye contact. That's when I realized that she was deaf. Erika M Szabohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183807132586480431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-18047113507089989972017-06-21T05:03:28.367-04:002017-06-21T05:03:28.367-04:00There are so many types of hearing impairment, the...There are so many types of hearing impairment, the link I added is a great website to find information. Sorry you suffer with tinnitus and it's great that you can look at it on the bright sire :) My father snored, and when I was a young kid, I could hear him from two doors down behind closed doors. Now I know he must have had sleep apnea, but he was never diagnosed. Erika M Szabohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183807132586480431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-55441546156934207542017-06-20T22:52:35.961-04:002017-06-20T22:52:35.961-04:00A wonderful written article. When I was younger a ...A wonderful written article. When I was younger a classmate of mine taught me how to sign the alphabet. I later learned a cousin in the family was deaf, which I honestly never knew because she had learned how to talk similarly to Helen Keller. Mackenzie Flohrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03822638758299647713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-47241146253880082832017-06-20T20:02:44.990-04:002017-06-20T20:02:44.990-04:00Hearing impairment can come in many forms. I known...Hearing impairment can come in many forms. I known of one girl who wasn't actually deaf, she could hear perfectly, but she suffered with Auditory Processing Disorder. Something between her hear and what her brain processed wasn't working and language came to her as a gibberish. she was in the regular school up until grade 7 or so, but she relayed too much on sign language that they had to put her into a special school to learn how to read lips and pick up on other non-verbal cues. With the Cochlear implants less hearing impaired people relay on sing language. I'm glad you put yourself or at least tired, in those shoes. I suffer from Tinnitus in my right ear and all I hear is humming all the time in that ear, but if the music is louder than the low hum, I can hear it just fine. It's a blessing in disguise because if there is any kind of noise I turn on my good ear and I block the sounds and can go to sleep. Doesn't work on my husband's snoring though. Firetuliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657031771377559033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-45920501966999984562017-06-20T15:59:08.961-04:002017-06-20T15:59:08.961-04:00Thank you Mary Anne! That's a wonderful progra...Thank you Mary Anne! That's a wonderful program! Maybe there is one in the US too, I don't watch TV often Erika M Szabohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183807132586480431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-54362292719053139602017-06-20T11:39:32.580-04:002017-06-20T11:39:32.580-04:00Fantastic post, Erika. Very insightful and a wonde...Fantastic post, Erika. Very insightful and a wonderful concept for a book. In the UK there is a BBC children's program called 'Something Special', which teaches basic sign language to children under 7.Mary Anne Yardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11350612918063788778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-65156379478518552902017-06-20T11:34:31.001-04:002017-06-20T11:34:31.001-04:00Thank you Ted! Although this book is not about pop...Thank you Ted! Although this book is not about popular topic for children such as princesses and pirates, hopefully the story will deliver the message to be compassionate to others.Erika M Szabohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183807132586480431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-23010984520201308642017-06-20T11:31:54.441-04:002017-06-20T11:31:54.441-04:00Thank you Joe! Joey was lucky and sounds like he g...Thank you Joe! Joey was lucky and sounds like he grew up with kids who accepted his disability. Unfortunately a lot of children have to face isolation and even ridicule. Hopefully, children who read my book will have better understanding of hearing impairment and accept others who happened to be deaf.Erika M Szabohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183807132586480431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-75468142721503828122017-06-20T09:17:12.242-04:002017-06-20T09:17:12.242-04:00Wonderful concept that combines compassionate unde...Wonderful concept that combines compassionate understanding with a commercial, niche-market practical function. Kudos for this creation, with a special thumbs-up for seeing and filling an overlooked literary need at the kid-lit level.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15836588954473087281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-24410508942952540222017-06-20T08:19:10.727-04:002017-06-20T08:19:10.727-04:00Very heart-warming indeed, Erika! Sign language wa...Very heart-warming indeed, Erika! Sign language was something I never learned. I grew up with a deaf kid, whose name was also Joey. He could read lips better than I can hear! "Look, I can Talk with My Fingers" is a very special book, and much-street cred to you for writing it. Joe Bonadonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053954733485203286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-55227162287105776632017-06-20T05:10:39.878-04:002017-06-20T05:10:39.878-04:00Thank you Cristina!Thank you Cristina!Erika M Szabohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183807132586480431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630863509044352054.post-5219659819896599922017-06-20T04:49:46.709-04:002017-06-20T04:49:46.709-04:00Very nice informative post.Very nice informative post.Cristina Grauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737884923759275950noreply@blogger.com