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{SPEAKER name="Barbara Kannapell/John Ennis (interpreter)"}
I'm from Washington, D.C. and I work at Gallaudet College as a linguist - linguist specialist working with a group of people developing materials at Gallaudet College.

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{SPEAKER name="William Ennis/John Ennis (interpreter)"}
Name is Bill Ennis. Make sure that he can read me. [Pause] I live in Greenbelt, Maryland [pause] and, uh [interpreter chuckles], there's a women behind the interpreter now. [Pause]

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I work for the USDA as a programmer.

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{SPEAKER name="Lilly Burke/John Ennis (interpreter)"}
My name is Lilly Burke. I live in Greenbelt, Maryland also - I'm a neighbor of Bill. And, uh, really I'm originally from New York I've moved around, now I live here and I work for the Government at the Veteran's Administration.

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{SPEAKER name="Don Pettingill"}
Do you mind if I stand up I simply cannot wait sitting on my, on my, on my ass. [[Jo Radner chuckles]]
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I'm Don Pettingill, Director of the Demonstration Programs at Gallaudet College Adult Education. And I'm going to introduce you right now to a deaf man and his microphone.

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That's going to drive you crazy and does me too because everyone's now gonna get excited--

[[excited tones, scratching and shuffling on the mic]]

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{SPEAKER name="Jo Radner"}

[[laughs]]
Thank you [laughs]. I'd like to start things off today by asking a couple of questions uh, of these people, after that I think you all should feel free to ask questions or to share your own experiences if you like.
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I'd like to start asking each of these participants in turn, uh, to tell you a little bit about deaf and hearing members in their family, what the family structure was like, and how they communicated at home in the family, with one another. Barbara would you like to begin?

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{SPEAKER name="Barbara Kannapell/John Ennis (interpreter)"}
Alright.


Transcription Notes:
1st speaker is Barnara Kannapell. Introduces herself at the end of the previous recording and this is a continuation of her introduction. Jan DeLap is the moderator.