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disability studies<br />

Im gegenwärtigen nach wie vor<br />

vorhandenen ‚Kolonialsystem‘ der<br />

hörenden Dominanzgesellschaft<br />

kommen leider noch viele der von<br />

Amesberger und Halbmayr (2008)<br />

dargelegten Privilegierungsmechanismen<br />

zur Wirkung. Tuccoli setzt<br />

sich in ihrer Masterarbeit (2008) mit<br />

Formen der „Hearing Privileges“ auseinander<br />

und beschreibt in diesem<br />

Kontext ihre Privilegierung gegenüber<br />

der Taubengemeinschaft:<br />

I am privileged to:<br />

1. Overhear conversations at various<br />

places around campus<br />

Hearing all these side conversations<br />

keeps me informed on what<br />

is happening around campus.<br />

2. Hear spoken „private“ conversations<br />

Many hearing people feel that<br />

speaking without signing makes<br />

it a private conversation. However,<br />

I can hear them so how can it<br />

be private?<br />

3. Speak in my first language to<br />

an English-speaking non-signer<br />

who is visiting from off campus<br />

This gives me the privilege to<br />

connect with this person on a<br />

personal level without the dependency<br />

of paper/pencil or an<br />

interpreter.<br />

4. Join/participate fully in spoken<br />

conversations with other hearing<br />

and hard of hearing people<br />

5. Communicate fully with hearing<br />

staff members all over campus<br />

in my first language<br />

There are many hearing staff<br />

members on the campus with limited<br />

signing skills which allows me<br />

to communicate with them easily.<br />

There is no miscommunication<br />

or struggling to understand each<br />

other in another language.<br />

6. Having my problems be solved<br />

on campus within minutes<br />

I often walk into places such as<br />

the financial aid office where<br />

those in senior positions are<br />

hearing. I’m able to explain my<br />

problem and have it resolved<br />

within a few minutes without<br />

miscommunication. I’ve witnessed<br />

other deaf students who<br />

are not able to do this due to<br />

communication breakdowns between<br />

ASL and English.<br />

7. Follow conversations fully<br />

through the use of Simultaneous<br />

Communication<br />

Simultaneous communication<br />

has been proven to benefit hearing<br />

people since the spoken language<br />

tends to take over sign language.<br />

Many instructors on campus<br />

tend to use simultaneous<br />

communication in their classrooms.<br />

I’m able to hear everything<br />

without having to watch<br />

the person’s signs or lipread.<br />

8. Know the difference when someone<br />

is voicing or not while using<br />

Simultaneous Communication<br />

There are deaf people who are<br />

opposed to signing with voice.<br />

I am sometimes asked by other<br />

deaf people if the person who<br />

they are communicating with is<br />

using voice or not.<br />

9. Little communication problems<br />

with take-out delivery people<br />

Many students on campus including<br />

myself order take out<br />

from pizza to Chinese food. I<br />

have often witnessed problems<br />

with them bringing the wrong<br />

food order, misunderstanding<br />

the price, or just the person trying<br />

to tell them simply their food<br />

is here. All these delivery people<br />

are hearing therefore, I can communicate<br />

with them easily to resolve<br />

any problem they may occur.<br />

Every so often, I will have a<br />

deaf student ask me to interpret<br />

for them because the delivery<br />

people become too frustrated to<br />

try and resolve whatever issues<br />

that may have occurred.<br />

I also have a cell phone that allows<br />

hearing delivery people to<br />

call me anytime when my food<br />

is ready. Deaf students can’t give<br />

them the VP number located in<br />

the lobby since the delivery person<br />

wouldn’t be able to call it<br />

from their cell phone. Sometimes,<br />

the delivery person will arrive<br />

early, wait, and then leave because<br />

they can’t contact the deaf<br />

person to let them know their<br />

food is ready. Or sometimes, the<br />

delivery people go to the wrong<br />

dorm building and are unable to<br />

contact the deaf person.<br />

Last semester October 2007, some<br />

Deaf students used VP (video<br />

phone) to place an order for Chinese<br />

food. The people at the Chinese<br />

place told them they didn’t<br />

want to work with Deaf people<br />

any more and would not deliver<br />

to them. They hung up on the<br />

Deaf students. I’ve never had to<br />

worry about being discriminated<br />

against when ordering take-out.<br />

10. Call another hearing person for<br />

information without worrying<br />

if they will hang up on me<br />

This goes with number 9. I never<br />

have to worry about anyone becoming<br />

frustrated with me to the<br />

point where they will hang up.<br />

11. Overhearing other people’s<br />

phone conversations<br />

This gives me the privilege of<br />

staying in tuned with my surroundings.<br />

DZ 88 11<br />

297<br />

Beitrag aus: DAS ZEICHEN 88/2011 • Zeitschrift für Sprache und Kultur Gehörloser (www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/signum/zeichen/)

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