CHAPTER 65:

"Can deaf people appreciate music at all?" 

I would agree with HBO in this chapter with its beginning response, depending on the person is the only way to know if a deaf person appreciates music. Think about this, do all hearing people appreciate or even listen to music for leisure? Some people will know no one who doesn't enjoy music, however some of us know several people who don't listen or appreciate music at all. This goes for the deaf community as well, "some care nothing about music in any form, others enjoy the booming rhythms of percussion, some are good at carrying rhythm, others aren't" Deaf people communicate some by body language, and it makes sense to me that some enjoy watching music videos and seeing the performers. Also lyrics could have meaning to a person, whether they are deaf of not. I say that from my own personal enjoyment, even without hearing a song I can appreciate the lyrics in the song and be satisfied.

Some deaf people create "sign-songs" which have emphasis on rhythm, and others translate popular "hearing songs" into sign which I think is awesome!

After reading this chapter I would enjoy seeing an organization of deaf children of a signsong choir perform.