accent

[dunr]

how is it that a person who is deaf from birth, can develop speech with a scottish, or any other accent

[Lonnie]

Thats a very good question, I would imagine, if that happens, it could be to do with Lip Reading, eg, the mouth moves in a sightly different way, according to accents.

[jenstar]

I would think that's right. Although she hasn't been deaf since birth, Evelyn Glennie has the ability to tell someone's accent from lip-reading, and know when they're putting on a voice. I don't know whether that would work for someone who's never had hearing, but it does suggest that you can indeed pick up an accent from lip-reading.

[garner]

Yes you can,speaking of someone who is deaf,just as a footnote...My family s christmas present this laptop is wonderful for me I can converse with you all on equal par,what a wonderful thing in this modern age,Im in my seventh heaven when on here.

[Scylax]

Scottish mentor points to a written word, deaf
student attempts a verbalisation - several times.
Mentor nods when the sound is closest to the
mentor's own approximation of 'correct'.

Hence 'now' becomes 'noo', and 'well' becomes
'weel'.

Similarly, a Geordie would give positive feedback
to the student who enunciated :'Ya canna tak i'
wi' ya, ya knaa'.