Who do you think are more harder to teach... a blind person or a deaf one?

Harder? For me it would be the blind. you have to describe everything so they can understand it. If they had sight and then lost it, that would be a little easier but if they never had use of their eyes, trying to describe things the way we usually do wouldn't work.a blue shirt wouldn't mean anything to a blind person unless they know blue.I know a few words in sign language and I can spell too so dealing with the blind would be easier for me.

Deaf. I don't know how to do sign language so I think I cannot teach someone if we have communication barrier. With a blind person, I can easily describe the things I see so that he can vision it in his mind. I can taught him the things he wants to know easily.

I use to work with a woman that was deaf. She seemed to do really well. I have never really dealt to much with blind people well accept a cousin of mine that was born blind. She has done really well. She can see light and shadows and she is also a teacher. I'm not really sure who would be harder to teach. It seemed like when i worked with that woman that was deaf there wasn't a problem we got along really well. It's hard for me to choose which would be harder to teach.

Well I am not very talented in teaching but if I had to choose I would say a deaf person would be easier to teach than a blind person because with a deaf person you can always write stuff down and they can read and give you a thumbs up if they understood and well if you know sign language then that would also be a bonus as communication is easier. Were as a blind person, you basically have to add additional teaching materials. I mean you have to visually decribe everything and lets just say its twice the job teaching a blind person than a deaf person. Congrats on your education.. all the best with it...

I think it is very hard to teach the blind because they can't see things and you need to guide them on everything unlike Deaf they can them visually. Deaf people can be independent on learning unlike in Blind people they need guidance in teaching and moving around. I think the important things you need to have is patience because they are challenging students to teach.

I think that it would be harder to teach a blind person because if your deaf, you can still see; but if you're blind then you can still hear. Signlanguage is easier to teach a deaf person than to teach a blind person to see with touch. When you're deaf signlanguage is speaking outloud for that person. I imagen it would be easier to do that than to have to learn to use touch for just about everything. -Kaitlyn

Hi jhordie... I'd think it would be harder to teach a blind person especially if that person has been blind since birth. I think it would be really hard to teach them how things around us would look like just by using words. Makes me think of the question we would ask people during their interview--"How would you describe a sunrise to a blind person"... Some of them have come up with pretty interesting ideas. On the other hand, a deaf person, I believe, would be easier to see because you can always point things out and use sign language to let them know about other things.

Jhordie, Both have incredible difficulties in learning. I taught the deaf at one time, and it was frustrating when they didn't want to do something -- they would just close their eyes! Whichever you choose will surely be very gratifying, and both are wonderful goals. Good luck with whichever you choose.

Hi Jhordie, I think it would be more difficult to teach a blind person considering that they cannot see. Although a deaf person cannot hear, he can see and by seeing things it is easier to comprehend. I am not sure of this since this is assessment is just based on my opinion.

Hi there Jhordie. I am glad to see a topic that i can answer :D All your talks about that contest that i know nothing about made me worry that i won't be able to answer your topics anymore, but here I am :D Well let's see now, the blind people or the deaf people ... well i guess it depends on how motivated the person is first of all as both have the solution to learn... be it through sounds (for the blind) or through images (for the deaf). I really can't say which one is easier to teach, but i know that cooperation is the key to succes.

A deaf one. You have to teach them the process and how to say all of it as well. The blind person just can't see. [That didn't sound good did it?] I think that deaf people would have a harder time. You would really have to share the whole history of the situation with them as well. I am not sure of the new technology or anything. Maybe it is easier now days.

I have a classmate in college in review class for Accountancy CPA Board Exams and she's deaf. Isn't that remarkable... Its easier to teach a deaf person coz there are a lot of ways to communicate things to her like sign language. Teaching someone visually is much easier and more comprehensive than letting a person just hear things through instructions. Even the simplest instructions can't be followed really well by a normal person with sight and sense of hearing but if you show him how to do it, no words can suffice. With a blind person, its quite limited even though he can hear, coz first, he can't recognize color, he can't definitely drive all by himself, even if he learned this stuff he can't do things on his own... He can learn how to type but he'll never know what's in his email coz he can't touch it to recognize the letters. More opportunities are provided for deaf people than on the blind ones coz the former are found to be more useful and productive.

I'm 100% sure a deaf one is easier to teach things to as long as he/she knows sign language. The difference between deaf and blind persons is of course that the blind one can't see and a deaf one can't hear anything and that's were the string lies... you can show deaf people things and explain them things through vision and sign language whilst you can't tell a blind one how you look like nor let him feel how you look like. :)

Although I think teaching both would be a challenge, I think I would have more difficulties teaching a deaf person. I am NOT good at sign language, and I've been told that I can't mouth words very well, so we would have a lot of problems communicating.

It depends what you are trying to teach and on the individual. Some people learn by seeing and if they are blind - that is a problem, some by hearing and if they are deaf it is a problem. It will also depend on their attitude, previous training, their families attitude. There is no blanket answer to this.

U are wrong.. Both the blind and deaf are actually easiest to teach as compared to ple whom are see and hear ^_^ Because what we hear is always different from what we hear, and upon that, we are even more confused by facts ^_^ But for ple whom are either blind or deaf, they can only believe in whatever they hear, or see.. There's no arguement upon that ^_^ hehe ^_^ BUt as for real teachings, u have to put yourself in their shoes and go out of your usual routine, buy not mentioning see or hear.. THough it's hard, but once u succeed in that, it's all worth the effort ^_^

a blind person i think would be the hardest to teach teach. a blind person has no communication problem at all, he can speak normally like everyone of us, he can listen efficiently like we do, but the thing is even we explain and teach some things on him, we surely going to have a problem on the application of the things that we are teaching him. he can't see things like we do and the is the deal.

Good luck in your studies. I admire you that you are taking such an interest in special education. In my opinion, they are completely different disabilities and have to be tackled individually and I couldn't even compare them. People with hear loss have a great advantage: they can see and some of them can make sounds as well. Sign language is very useful to communicate and maybe they can even draw (if you are in a one to one teaching situation). Also, they can lip read which will have to make you stay always in a face to face situation and not turning your back in a classroom setting. I mean if you have a deaf person, you cannot talk facing the wall or a white board. On the other hand, people who cannot see can't make the best out of the visual cues that you can give to the deaf ones. However, there other senses like smelling and hearing more developed and they will notice if a person has entered the room maybe by their perfume and the rusting of they will be very perceptive of the voices around them. Also they can learn both Braille and the Morse code to communicate. There are sites online with audio books that can help them like for example librivox.

Hi, i didn't have much knowledge of matters regarding blind or deaf people. Anyway, i've been a teacher and also tutor before (with normal students however) and i know, teaching is not an easy job to do. Moreover it's teaching blind or deaf people. In my opinion, i think it is harder to teach a blind person than a deaf one. For a blind person, it is harder to show him how things looks like, and he has to figure it out by himself by touching and feeling it, and he sees nothing but all blackout. Besides he has to learn the special language for blind people, which not much people knows it. So, it will take longer time to teach blind people. As for a deaf person, although he can't hear and speak, but he is still able to see things and feel it. This will surely make his learning faster. In communication aspects, we can communicate with deaf people with sign language and also by writing words. So communication will still be not a big problem for both teacher and the learner.

hmmmm..... i haven't teach a blind or deaf(special child only but part time) but i like to study sign language.....i think blind person is harder to teach.they cant lip read, they focus on hearing and their sense of touch. when they memorize a place you should move or change it at once.... but if you have a keen sense of touch then it would be easy for you.... this is only my opinion... good luck future teacher!!!!