TEN COMMUNICATION COMMANDMENTS
- THOU SHALT NOT SPEAK FROM ANOTHER ROOM.
- THOU SHALT NOT SPEAK WITH YOUR BACK TOWARD THE PERSON WITH A
HEARING PROBLEM (OR THEIR BACK TOWARD YOU).
- THOU SHALT NOT START SPEAKING AND WALK AWAY.
- THOU SHALT NOT START SPEAKING AND TURN AWAY FROM THE PERSON
WITH A HEARING PROBLEM.
- THOU SHALT NOT SPEAK IN COMPETITION WITH SOMETHING ELSE (TURN OFF
THE WATER, OR TURN DOWN THE RADIO, ETC.).
- THOU SHALT GET THE ATTENTION OF THE PERSON WITH THE HEARING
PROBLEM (DO NOT START SPEAKING WHILE THEY ARE READING OR
CONCENTRATING ON TV).
- THOU SHALT TRY TO SPEAK FACE TO FACE AT ALL TIMES.
- THOU SHALT TRY TO REMOVE OBSTRUCTIONS WHILE SPEAKING (YOUR HAND
FROM YOUR FACE, THE CIGARETTE FROM YOUR MOUTH, ETC.).
- THOU SHALT TRY TO SPEAK DISTINCTLY.
- THOU SHALT TRY TO BE PATIENT.
