,CHAPTER #D.C.F ,,DB ,COMMUNITY ,DISCOURSE ,SLIDE #A3 ,DISCOURSE ,PART ,,VII3 ,PRACTICES & ,MANNERS ,SLIDE #B3 ,OVERVIEW ,THIS PRESENTATION IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CONVERSATIONAL DISCOURSE PRACTICES OF THE ,CORE ,,DB ,COMMUNITY4 ,SPECIFICALLY3 ,USE OF TOUCH ,GREETINGS1 LEAVE-TAKING ,INITIATING AND YIELDING TURNS ,SLIDE #C3 ,TOUCH ,CENTRAL TO THE ,,DB EXPERIENCE IS TOUCH1 AND IS ALSO CENTRAL TO THE DISCOURSE4 ,IT IS USED WITH VISION AND HEARING TO EXPLORE THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR COMMUNICATION4 ,IN THE NEXT SLIDE THE ,,DB WOMAN CHECKS THE FRUIT4 ,IN THE FOLLOWING ONE1 THE ,,DB MAN USES HIS HANDS TO ,8FRAME0' THE #A SIGNER'S HANDS4 ,SLIDE #D3 ,INSPECTING THE ,BANANAS ,TACTUALLY ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,AT A GROCERY STORE1 A ,,DB WOMAN INSPECTS THE BANANAS TACTUALLY4 ,SLIDE #E3 ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,AT AN EXPO1 AT LEFT1 A ,,DB WOMAN CHATS WITH A ,,DB MAN1 ON THE RIGHT1 TRACKING HER ARMS4 ,SLIDE #F3 ,GREETINGS AND ,LEAVE ,TAKING ,GREETINGS AND LEAVE TAKING AMONG ACQUAINTANCES ARE OFTEN DONE WITH A HUG4 ,GREETINGS1 MUCH LIKE HAND-SHAKES1 ARE BRIEF BUT ALSO GIVE ONE A SENSE OF THE PERSON BEING GREETED4 ,SLIDE #G3 ,HUGGING ,THE PRACTICE LIKELY COMES FROM THE ,DEAF ,COMMUNITY WHERE ,USHER ,I PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR GREETINGS4 #B ,HUGS AMONG FRIENDS ARE OFTEN TIGHTER1 CLOSER AND LONGER4 ,ON THE OTHER HAND1 SOME ,,DB PEOPLE 7ESPECIALLY IF NOT PART OF A ,,DB ,COMMUNITY7 MAY EITHER BE LESS COMFORTABLE HUGGING OR MISINTERPRET THEM4 ,SLIDE #H3 ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,TWO PEOPLE ARE HUGGING EACH OTHER2 THEIR FACES ARE NOT SHOWN4 ,SLIDE #I3 ,APPROACHING ,SLIDE #AJ3 ,INITIATING ,IF YOU MEET A ,,DB PERSON AT THEIR HOME1 AND THEY GREET YOU AT THE DOOR1 THEY WILL USE THEIR VISION_/HEARING TO IDENTIFY YOU OR PUT OUT THEIR LISTENING HAND FOR YOU TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF4 ,IF THEY ARE WAITING FOR YOU INSIDE1 APPROACH AND GENTLY TOUCH THEM ON THE SHOULDER AND WAIT FOR THEM TO LOCATE YOU 7EITHER VISUALLY OR MOVING THEIR HAND DOWN TO YOURS74 #C ,SLIDE #AA3 ,SHOULDER ,DON'T TOUCH AND WITHDRAW YOUR HAND4 ,WAIT UNTIL THE ,,DB PERSON LOCATES YOU EITHER TACTUALLY OR VISUALLY4 ,IN THE NEXT SLIDE THE ,,DB PERSON IS EXPECTING THE ,,SSP 7TO RETURN WITH SOME WATER74 ,THE ,,SSP TOUCHES THE ,,DB WOMAN'S SHOULDER AS SHE APPROACHES4 ,SLIDE #AB3 ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,AT RIGHT1 THE ,,SSP TOUCHES THE SEATED ,,DB WOMAN'S SHOULDER AS SHE MOVES AROUND THE BACK OF HER CHAIR4 ,SLIDE #AC3 ,MAINTAINING ,CONTACT ,LEFT PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,THE ,,SSP1 NOW AT LEFT1 PREPARES TO SET DOWN THE CUP ON THE TABLE NEXT TO THE ,,DB PERSON AT RIGHT4 ,RIGHT PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,AT LEFT1 THE ,,SSP1 NOW SEATED1 MOVES THE CUP TOWARDS THE ,,DB WOMAN AT RIGHT1 AND NOTIFIES HER1 VIA TOUCH1 THAT THE CUP IS FRONT OF HER4 #D ,SLIDE #AD3 ,WHO8 ,DON'T FORGET TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF4 ,EVEN IF YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THERE1 IT IS REASSURING4 ,IF THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE PRESENT1 IDENTIFY YOURSELF EACH TIME4 ,SLIDE #AE3 ,IT'S ,HEATHER ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,ON THE LEFT1 THE SIGHTED WOMAN INTRODUCES HERSELF TO THE ,,DB WOMAN1 ON THE RIGHT4 ,SLIDE #AF3 ,TURN-,TAKING ,SLIDE #AG3 ,GETTING ,ATTENTION ,WITH A HARD-OF-HEARING ,,DB PERSON1 YOU MAY BOTH TOUCH THEIR SHOULDER_/ARM AND USE THEIR NAME4 ,FOR A DEAF ,,DB PERSON1 THE APPROPRIATE PLACES TO TOUCH ARE THE LIMBS3 SHOULDER1 UPPER ARM1 FOREARM1 UNDER THE HAND1 OR KNEE4 ,THE BEST PLACE WILL DEPEND ON HOW YOU ARE POSITIONED PHYSICALLY4 #E ,SLIDE #AH3 ,GETTING ,ATTENTION ,IN THE NEXT SLIDE THE ,,DB WOMAN WITH GLASSES HAS TUNNEL VISION4 ,THE ,,SSP ACROSS FROM HER IS TRYING TO GET HER ATTENTION BUT SHE IS LOOKING DOWN4 ,SO1 THE OTHER SIGHTED WOMAN TOUCHES HER ARM FOR ATTENTION AND INDICATES THE ,,SSP WHO WANTS TO TALK4 ,SLIDE #AI3 ,TOUCHING THE ,ELBOW ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,THREE WOMEN ARE SEATED AT A TABLE IN A RESTAURANT4 ,ON THE RIGHT1 A SIGHTED WOMAN SIGNALS FOR THE ,,DB WOMAN'S ATTENTION ACROSS THE TABLE4 ,IN THE MIDDLE1 THE ,,SSP TOUCHES THE SHOULDER OF THE ,,DB WOMAN1 ON THE LEFT1 TO LET HER KNOW THAT THE WOMAN IS TRYING TO GET HER ATTENTION4 ,SLIDE #BJ3 ,TOUCHING THE ,ARM ,IN THE NEXT SLIDE1 THE TWO MEN ARE CHATTING ACROSS A TABLE AND THE WOMAN WANTS TO INTERRUPT1 BUT IT IS NOT URGENT4 ,SHE GENTLY TOUCHES THE UPPER ARM #F OF THE ,,DB MAN WHOSE ATTENTION SHE WANTS4 ,SLIDE #BA3 ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,IN A BOOTH AT A RESTAURANT1 TWO MEN AT LEFT AND CENTER1 ARE SEATED ACROSS EACH OTHER AND ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION4 ,A WOMAN1 ON THE RIGHT1 TOUCHES THE ,,DB MAN'S ARM4 ,SLIDE #BB3 ,PAUSE ,ALL EXCHANGES HAVE PAUSES WHILE PEOPLE THINK FOR A MOMENT4 ,IN THE NEXT SLIDE THE ,,DB MAN IS PAUSING TO THINK WHAT ELSE HE WANTS TO LET THE ,,SSP KNOW BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR THE STORE4 ,HE AND THE ,,SSP COMFORTABLY STAY IN TOUCH DURING THE PAUSE4 ,SLIDE #BC3 ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,TWO PEOPLE ARE STANDING3 ,ON THE LEFT1 A ,,DB MAN PONDERS WHILE HIS ,,SSP1 AT RIGHT1 WAITS ON STANDBY4 #G ,SLIDE #BD3 ,WHEN ,YOU ,WANT TO ,INTERRUPT ,YOU CAN SLIP YOUR HAND UNDERNEATH THEIRS FOR A MORE URGENT INTERRUPTION1 OR PUT YOUR HAND ON THEIR SHOULDER TO INDICATE YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION4 ,IN THE NEXT SLIDE1 THE SIGHTED ,,SSP AND ,,DB WOMAN WITH RED HAIR ARE DISCUSSING A SCHEDULE4 ,THE #CRD PERSON APPROACHING EXECUTES A BRIEF1 URGENT INTERRUPTION BY BRIEFLY BY SLIPPING HER HAND UNDER THEIRS4 ,SLIDE #BE3 ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,AT A PARK1 AT CENTER1 A ,,SSP IS COMMUNICATING WITH HIS ,,DB CLIENT1 WHILE A PERSON OUT OF VIEW AT THE LEFT REACHES OUT AND TOUCHES THE ,,DB CLIENT'S FOREARM TO INDICATES S_/HE IS THERE1 WAITING4 ,SLIDE #BF3 ,YIELDING A ,TURN ,WHEN THE ,,DB PERSON USING TACTILE SIGNING HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVING #H TACTILE BACK-CHANNELING1 THEY WILL HOLD THEIR SIGNING HAND UP AND PUT THEIR RECEPTIVE HAND OUT FOR A RESPONSE4 ,WHEN THEY YIELD A TURN1 THEY LOWER THEIR SIGNING HAND 7AS IN THE UPCOMING SLIDE7 AND REACH TO LISTEN4 ,SLIDE #BG3 ,YIELDING A ,TURN 7CONT47 ,IN THE NEXT SLIDE1 THE WOMAN IN THE MIDDLE YIELDS THE TURN TO THE WOMAN ON HER LEFT BY MOVING THE ,,DB MAN'S LISTENING HAND TO HER4 ,SLIDE #BH3 ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,OUTSIDE AT A PARK1 THE WOMAN IN THE MIDDLE YIELDS THE TURN TO THE WOMAN ON HER LEFT BY MOVING THE ,,DB MAN'S LISTENING HAND TO THE WOMAN4 ,SLIDE #BI3 ,YIELDING A ,TURN 7CONT47 ,WHEN #C PEOPLE ARE TALKING TOGETHER USING PRO-TACTILE 7ALL STAYING IN #I TOUCH71 TURN-TAKING IS FASTER1 EASIER AND MORE FLUID4 ,THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO REMEMBER TO SIGN WITH BOTH HANDS 7AS DOMINANT HANDS7 AT THE SAME TIME4 ,IT TAKES SOME PRACTICE BUT IS ENTIRELY DO-ABLE4 ,SLIDE #CJ3 #C-,WAY ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,THREE STANDING WOMEN ENGAGE IN A CONVERSATION3 ,A SIGHTED WOMAN TAKES HER TURN TO CONVERSE WHILE TWO OTHER WOMEN ON EITHER SIDE LISTEN TACTUALLY4 ,SLIDE #CA3 ,PASSIVE ,LISTENING ,SLIDE #CB3 ,STAYING IN ,TOUCH3 ,PASSIVE ,LISTENING ,OTHER PRESENTATIONS IN THIS SET OF MATERIALS ILLUSTRATE TACTUAL BACK- CHANNELING1 I4E4 RESPONDING WHILE LISTENING4 ,PASSIVE LISTENING1 WITH NO PARTICULAR RESPONSE1 IS INDICATED BY A LIGHT1 CONSTANT TOUCH4 ,IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ,8AN ATTENTIVE LISTENING FACE0'4 #AJ ,SLIDE #CC3 7,TACTILE7 ,PASSIVE ,LISTENING ,IT IS POLITE TO INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE BY PLACING YOUR HAND ON THE ,,DB PERSON4 ,IN THE NEXT SLIDE THE MAN IS MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT4 ,THE ,,DB WOMAN ON HIS RIGHT1 WEARING BLACK PANTS1 IS LOOKING AT AN INTERPRETER IN THE FRONT ROW1 BUT STAYING IN TOUCH WITH HIM TO INDICATE SHE IS LISTENING4 ,THE WOMAN ON HER RIGHT1 IN WHITE PANTS1 7HER ,,SSP7 IS ALSO STAYING IN TOUCH4 ,LISTENING1 ,BEING ,PRESENT ,SLIDE #CD3 ,PHOTO DESCRIPTION3 ,THREE STANDING PEOPLE ARE ON A PLATFORM3 ,AT RIGHT1 A ,,DB MAN IS SIGNING1 WHILE AT CENTER1 A ,,DB WOMAN WAITS FOR HER TURN4 ,AT LEFT1 A FEMALE ,,SSP LOOKS ON1 WITH HER LEFT HAND AT THE BACK OF THE ,,DB WOMAN AT THE CENTER4 #AA ,SLIDE #CE3 ,LEAVE-,TAKING ,IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE FOR A FEW MOMENTS 7E4G4 TO USE THE RESTROOM7 LET THE ,,DB PERSON KNOW4 ,MAKE SURE YOU SAY ,GOODBYE WHEN YOU ARE LEAVING4 ,LEAVE TAKING OFTEN CONCLUDES WITH A SOMEWHAT FORMAL HUG4 ,SLIDE #CF3 ,CONCLUSION ,PAY ATTENTION TO HOW THE ,,DB PERSON RESPONDS AND ADJUST YOUR TECHNIQUES4 ,DON'T RELY ON VISION OR HEARING ALONE TO COMMUNICATE4 ,REMEMBER BOTH HEARING AND VISION VARY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHANGE VERY GRADUALLY OVER TIME4 #AB