European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes modern living tuesday june 10, 1980 the talking deaf by Robert Locke associated Presse Enrique Armendariz his 3-Ycar-old face set and serious placed his open hand on his Check so he could feel his Mouth move. He creased his forehead and said one word mis face fairly glowed with happiness. It was no Small accomplishment. Enrique had never heard the word before. He never will. Enrique is deaf one of about 300,000 americans who live in a silent world a world that can become an isolated prison. But Enrique and youngsters like him Art learning speech the key hit can unlock that prison at an unusual facility in los Angeles called inc John Tracy clinic. John Tracy was the deaf son born to actor Spencer Tracy and his wife Louise who founded the Center in 1942. All our services Are entirely free of charge to anybody who walks in Here. The Only requirement is that there is a need said James Garrity director of education serv its Nursery school and tutoring services the clinic supported by donations offers tests for hear ing disabilities correspondence courses that have gone to 130 nations and summer programs for out of town families. The children Are aged 2 to 6. Emphasis at Tracy said director Edgar Lowell is on lip Reading and spoken language rather than the Sig language often used by the deaf. The concept he said is a minority View. But sign language is like teaching your kid to speak chinese. You re either dependent on an interpreter or you can three year old Enrique Armendartz places hand to Cheek As he feels movement of new word he s Learned to speak. Only talk to others who use Lowell said some of the clinic s most important pro Grams Are for parents so they know they Are not the Only ones god Aid this my first feeling was guilt said Judy Dewald Mother of a 14-year-old Tracy graduate and now an assistant teacher at the clinic. Then i got angry at the world for having done this to me. And i pitied my child. I thought How is she Ever going to make it in the world today mrs. Dewald figures there Are few tasks Tina now in Public school can t handle "1 guess the Only thing i can t imagine her doing is being a Telephone an outsider the Nursery school s 24 youngsters look like any other group of rambunctious preschoolers. The room is noisy. Then Subtle signs appear. Youngsters up the shout. Der or Arm of a playmate before talking directly to his fact. Nearly All use gestures some do not speak at ill. Others use an indecipherable collection of drawn out syllables. A few speak my Well All Wear hearing aids usually one in each ear. The clinic s first step is to install bearing aids even on toddlers barely a year old. We want them making use of whatever hearing they be got said teacher Pat Schaeffer. Then you have to get the parents talking to the child lots and lots of talking. After parents Are told that their child is deaf they often think they can t talk to him anymore because he can t hear the greatest tragedy of deafness say Many educators is depriving a child of language. While a hear ing child of 3 might know several Hundred words a deaf child might not even realize words exist that things have names. Schaefter said a major goal is just to persuade a child to watch moving lips and to know that this is comm that groundwork is Laid when the parents Are talking and the child is watching the youngster is ready for Nursery school. Jojo Lopez can t talk yet but he s learning to read lips. Tutor Karen Modzelesky sitting on a chair As Small As Jojo a sets a paper sack on the table Between them. Jojo Waits with his hands folded. When the Tutor says open Jojo reaches inside the bag and takes out a Little toy. Over and Over the Drill is repeated using boxes plastic jars and the door to the tutoring room. I work Day by Day until i know the child can lip read that word Modzelesky said. Then i expect the child to say mrs. Dewald said there Are times in a deaf child s life when they really want to get their Point across and you re just not understanding. They re All excited and they re trying so hard. Then they can get really frus patience is the key As she demonstrated during recess when a youngster charged up with an excited but mostly garbled complaint. After some gentle prodding the meaning came Clear. Mrs. Dewald Knelt in front of the boy and said let me give you some help with that Jona holding his Palm to her Cheek she said in tones Matching the Gravity of the situation my Ball went Over the Jonathan s hand went to his own Cheek and this time the words were Clear my Ball went Over the by Mike Feinsilber associated press Olks who eat lunch at the faculty club at Stanford University in Palo Alto calif., get More than a meal. They get a lecture from the menu want it or on the menu is rated by How much damage it la roast beef and Jarlsberg cheese Sandwich for exam ple is rated is stand for saturated fat the c s for cholesterol and the numbers for calories. Better Settle for the Artichoke casserole it s Only f-400-c. Only a California and Only on toe Campus of a High powered Beary thinking prestigious coif ersty worm the menu offer such nudge giving you a poke a the conscience Ubea Yon want to eat something unhealthy. It is not unusual for restaurant menus to offer Wais Walcher plates or even to whisper the caloric con tent of at Stanford the menu goes beyond that rating each dish relative to the a dish with two is would be twice As bad for you As one with one f. An off dish would be even More Hazar Dous to your health and an Fuff dish would be a dietary Tim bomb. Scientists suspect that saturated fats Are a it in heart and blood vessel disease and strokes cholesterol is linked with those ailments too As Well As hardening of the menu was instigated by Stanford professor Ron Bracewell a radio astronomer who when or id it of the faculty club became concerned about whether his colleagues were eating was a Rumor that medical school faculty bars were boycotting the club because the food was too Rich for their Bracewell went to the Stanford heart disease prevention program which with the help of a dietician came up with the rating scheme. Has it changed faculty eating habits the heart disease prevention program says it cannot discern much of a change but Mario Scherrer manager of the club said diner ate 125 hamburger ff-900-Ccq a week in 1973 but Only 26 in a recent week. It sounds like a Good idea but i Haven t made any decisions based on it said Kenneth Harker a senior physics research associate. His fellow diner Fred Crawford was having an f 900-c meal soup and salad but be said there Are Days when i have a fran Coburger that s a cheeseburger on French bread an awesome ffff-1200-Cccc and i m still Here to Tell the but student waiters at the club say the professors Are becoming More conscious of what they re eating than they might want to admit. People say of. Of i la be Good to myself " says Mark Sitzer. Sometimes people change what they order after they hear what everyone else at the table is or waiter Doug Townes said sometimes diners half Jok ing become irritated with the Tell All menu. They say Why do you Tell me what i Don t want to know " on the Stanford menu the bad Guys Are the Reuben fff-1200-cc and the crab Louie ff-700-ccc As Well As the burgers. In the Middle Are such dishes As the hero Sandwich Ham Salami Jarlsberg Tomato sprouts and olives on French bread and ff-700-c the seafood crepes shrimp red snapper mushrooms american cheese in White wine sauce and Only f-600-c and the spinach salad spinach Bacon bits egg Oil and vinegar dressing and ff-300-ccc. Heroes of the table Are the breast of Turkey Sand wich 0-700-o the Zucchini and eggplant casserole Zucchini eggplant tomatoes Oles and Monterey Jack cheese and 0-400-c and the Turkey and Broccoli crepe f-400-q. Or. John Farquar a professor of Medicine says the menu is bound to alter habits even if people Aren t aware of it. We know that changing human behaviour is More difficult than putting labels on a menu he said. But this is a Good beginning. It gets stored away in your brain sort of an environmental
