Sensory impairments and speaking/signing RCF
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Ruins Catlang is a combined sign/oral language, both deafness and blindness cause issues with understanding it in unmodified form. Both of these conditions occur in the Ruins Cats, both congenital (blue-eyed white cats in particular are usually born deaf) and acquired, so they have developed ways to adapt their speech/signing for deaf and/or blind cats.Tail pressing
This is used by deaf and hard-of-hearing cats to detect vocal elements, and to teach deaf kittens how to produce speech sounds. The deaf cat rests their tail against the speaker's throat to feel the vibration of the vocal cords. The disadvantage of this method is that the deaf cat cannot effectively sign in the body position this requires. Due to this most deaf cats learn to "lipread".
Whisker-augmented sound
This is an alteration to "standard" RCF to make it easier for deaf and hard-of-hearing cats to "lipread" vocal elements. Similar to cued speech, the whiskers - not otherwise used in RCF sign - are moved to indicate/exaggerate the differences between visually similar phonemes.
Co-signing
This is used to converse with blind and deafblind cats. Rather than being near or across from each other, the speakers stand or loaf next to each other, with their sides, near paws, and tails touching and with the blind cat's whiskers brushing the other speaker's face. As one cat moves to sign, the other follows along to feel the movement, and feels the other's facial movements by means of their whiskers (similar to Tadoma).
When conversing with deafblind cats, the speakers position themselves with their sides pressed more firmly together, so that the vibrations of one speaker's vocal sounds can be felt by the other.
Tactile signing
This is used for quick communication with blind and deafblind cats. Signs that are usually performed on one's own body (licks or tail/nose touches) are performed on the blind cat's body instead. This is impractical for long or complex conversations.
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