Lip-read

I just have to post an entry today to mark the date ;) Not that it has any significance in my life pun..

Anyway...

Have you guys seen people who lip-read tak? Lip-read as in the person is deaf, but somehow learned to talk and somehow by the gracious of Allah managed to have conversation with others? I saw this last night kat Astro Channel 711 Switched at Birth. Weekly series lah kot. Last night was the season premiere.

Of course I am amazed with the ability to lip-read. And what amazed me more if the ability to talk – as in to come out with “words” by learning to lip-read and with very limited sound that they can hear using hearing aid. And, to top that, when they talk, they talk with the accent of the people around them. I mean, those Americans will talk with American accent. They don’t talk macam Melayu cakap English. Or like English as in those from England. Pyanhabib talk like a Malay, tak macam Indon. Or macam Singaporean. Get what I mean tak? Tak rasa amazing ke?

Sound and words are different. Babies make sound. Animals make sound. Only human can say words. Ever thought of that? So for deaf people to come out with words, it’s really Allah punya kuasa. What more macam Helen Keller tu kan. For those yang tak tau sapa Helen Keller tu.. she is deaf AND blind. How? Oh God aku sungguh respect manusia camtu. Aku sungguh respect the parents who brought them up and taught them what need to be taught in this world. I once saw a documentary about this woman who is deaf and blind. There’s actually a centre in US that helps this people. Aku tak ingat apa nama centre tu, tapi ada nama Helen Keller lah. This woman “learned” sign language. Exactly how eh you learn sign language when you don’t even know what that sign is for? If the sign means “you”, how do you get the message to her that it means “you”? Aiyoooo!!! So anyway, she learned sign language and when people communicate with her using sign language, she will hold the person’s hand/fingers to understand what the person is talking about. Gila punya amazing! The centre also taught her and the people like her to be independent. She hangs a sign on her neck mentioning that she’s deaf and blind, so when she wants to cross the road, someone will actually pimpin her hand and help her to cross. Touching!

Anyway, that’s just some thought that I had from watching the episode last night. It’s about 2 girls who were accidentally switched at birth and was brought up by 2 different families with different status. Satu rich satu not-so-rich. One of them happened to become deaf when she was 3 due to meningitis. Her birth parents are rich but the mother who raised her up is a single parent who is not-so-rich. Interesting story lah of how these families cope with the differences and adjusting to the newly found fact.

Okeh, back to today’s date.. Nothing special. It’s just another date.

Happy weekend people. Acik nak balik Pilah malam ni. Ado wedding esok. Nikah eh hari ni. Ngojar tarikh ni lah..

Angah