Thursday, August 12, 2010

Thursday afternoon

Mrs. Daughter: "Thank you for seeing Mom today. She's blind, and hard of hearing, so getting through to her can be difficult."

Dr. Grumpy: "How do you communicate with her?"

Mrs. Daughter: "She speaks Braille."

9 comments:

  1. I speak Braille, too.
    We are a small, but gifted group.

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  2. Is that like reading lips? But with your hands?

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  3. In the service I worked with guys who spoke Morse code. When they did not want others hearing they'd start off "dit dit dot...ditty ditty..." So annoying.

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  4. Roflmbo that was priceless.Where do you find these patients??

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  5. Husband said..

    bump bump bump bump bump..bump bump bump

    bwhahahaha

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  6. I was once told "Now honey you know you have to speak up for the hard of hearing. They only speak braille."

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  7. Maybe she hears aromas - I'm just saying

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  8. I found a tip on internet once (for patients who don't have hearing aids): plug a stethoscope into the patient's ears and speak into the diaphragm.

    It works!

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  9. Some deafblind people carry a "communication book" which has words/phrases in both print and Braille, so that the person can point out phrases to others, and vice versa.

    Somehow I don't think that is what was meant here.

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So wadda you think?