Break the Sound Barrier !!

You Can Help Break the Sound Barrier

Perhaps you can hear perfectly well but have family or friends who have difficulty following conversations.
When speaking you can help by:

• Make sure your face is in good light
• Keeping your head still
• Attracting the person's attention before speaking
• Speaking clearly and slightly slower than normal
• Using different words, as some words are easier to lip-read than others
• Writing things down when necessary

DO NOT

• Shout! This looks aggressive, and shouting at someone with a hearing aid can cause discomfort.
• Smoke or eat while talking or put your hand in front of your mouth.
• Above all be patient.

What did you say?

Do you find it difficult to hear what people are saying? - Your favourite TV programme? - The telephone? Or the doorbell ring? Then you probably suffer some degree of hearing loss.

Hearing Loss

can occur at any age but as we get older some loss of hearing is very common. There is often no cure although hearing aids can help some people.Modern hearing aids are very small and inconspicuous and a wide range is available.

There are Other Devices

to help with everyday problems.
• To flash the lights in your home when there's someone at the door.
• To let you hear TV without upsetting family or neighbours.
• To wake you in the morning when ordinary alarms are not sufficient.
• To make it easier to hear on the telephone, including public telephones.

Lip Reading

Even if you have a hearing aid, you may still have to rely on lip-reading.

Tinnitus

is the name given to noises in the head and ears - it's a very common problem. If you've got a hearing loss you may suffer from tinnitus as well. As yet there is no cure, but if it's bad enough you could try MASKING. You wear a small device like a hearing aid which makes a gentle sound, which may cover (or mask) the noises in your head. See your doctor - you may be referred to a consultant.

How You Can Help Deaf People

How You Can Help Deaf People

People who become deaf or hard of hearing in adult life have different problems from people who are born deaf. They have to learn different ways of behaving and different ways of communicating - perhaps at a time when learning is not all that easy
Hearing Aids

A hearing aid is not a complete solution to the problem Sound heard through an aid is distorted and seems to have a lot of background noise. So while an aid is helpful in a quiet, carpeted room, it can be very difficult to use in the street in the rush hour, in a station ticket office, a cinema or a concert hall. So even with a hearing aid, deaf people have to lip-read as well.

Lip Reading

Lip-reading is difficult and needs great concentration. The lip-reader must have a clear, direct view of the speaker's face. You may notice a lip-reader change his position when you talk to him: this is so he can get more light on your face. The lip-reader can't do anything else at the same time as lip-read: he has to stop eating, stop reading, stop washing-up, stop everything in order to concentrate on what is being said.

How You Can Help

First you can help by understanding the problem. Think what it's like trying to communicate on a very bad telephone line. Frustrating, isn't it? Deaf people have to face that all the time. So if someone doesn't seem to understand or listen to what you say, don't just assume it is stupidity or rudeness: it might be deafness.

	When you are talking to some one who cannot hear normally, remember - Speak clearly, slowly and raise your voice slighly. But never shout at someone wearing a hearing aid. And don't over-exaggerate lip movements.
Face the deaf person directly Make sure your face is well lit.
	Use gestures to make your meaning clear.
If it helps, use pencil and paper too.
	Don't hide your mouth with your hand, a pipe or cigarette.

Coming soon activities..

The Beauty of Sign Language Seminar

The aim for this seminar is to create a special relationship between deaf society and the community. This seminar will teach the community how to communicate with the deaf people through their universal language,sign language. Other than that this seminar provide a-day tutorial for community to learn sign language,tutor is specialty from Sabah Deaf Society. Attending this seminar will give you valuable experience and explore how deaf communicating each other.

The Charity Dinner

This charity dinner is the consequence of The Beauty of Sign Language Seminar, where we invite all the community involve to celebrate and knowing each other. We hereby will take 10 representative from Sabah Deaf Society to show audience their talent.  

About Us

We are representative  for SABAH SOCIETY of the DEAF...

It is a non-government charitable organisation in Sabah. It was founded in 1975. The aim of the society is to promote the education, employment, general welfare of deaf persons and to prevent deafness in Sabah. Vision A world without barriers for all the deaf people. Mission 1. To make people realize deaf people capability 2. To help deaf people lead a normal life. 3. To help deaf people build a better future. 4. To guide deaf people on how to handle difficult matter in the future. YOU ARE NOT ALONE, YOUR HEARING LOSS IS AT OUR CONCERN. Sabah Society of the Deaf Address and Telephone Number Jalan UKM Lama - Jalan Kolam, Bukit Padang, P.O. Box 13971, 88846 Kota Kinabalu. Tel: 088-230894 Fax: 088-252972