yellowtamarin wrote:
Raleigh wrote:
yellowtamarin wrote:
I think I'm enjoying the language too much. I want to cut off most of the noise in my life and talk to others through Auslan. That is very tricky though because I'm not deaf, and therefore not really part of that community.
You've obviously never been in a room full of signing deaf people. They may use Auslan but they still vocalise and it can get very
loud.
Not more than four deaf people at once, no. I've noticed there are bursts of noise like laughter etc, but I haven't experienced constant noise-making. And certainly not with a group of hearing people signing, again only the laughter. I'm sure I'll eventually get an opportunity to experience a room full of signing deaf people (though I'd feel like I was intruding to be there, probably).
Some of the best ASL signers I met in college were hearing children of deaf parents, most of which were using sign before they were taught to speak. From what I saw they were indeed included in the "deaf" community whenever they chose to associate due to their signing skills, and during my association I learned their non-hearing friends would often forget they could hear and talk normally. It's quite common for these kids to end up in education teaching sign. In other words, if you became highly fluent in sign, I would expect you could become part of such a community if you wanted to immerse yourself.
Also Raleigh, I assume you wear hearing aids like I do if you're affected by the noisy rooms?
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