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Why on earth do you think I want everyone to be hearing? Even if you assume the very worst of me (which isn't true, but for argument's sake) wouldn't I want more deaf children so that I could keep my job? I am actually in the business of putting myself out of business! The better my students do...

No, they get visits from everyone. It is not just from me or my program.

#7 compared only ASL users to other ASL users. Everyone knows that if you do not have a good first language you won't be able to learn literacy in it and certainly not in another language. That was not the question.

And which one did this study use? I couldn't tell from the abstract. And the thing that has changed in the last 41 years was the amount of access to spoken language children have had and at what age they had it. The children in this study would have had analog hearing aids (if they had any) and...

No, they don't enroll in our school until much later. In Early Intervention, providers go to the family's home and help them understand hearing loss and language development. They are given the option of services from someone like me, which would be spoken language only, someone who does both...

As an early interventionist, I go to the family's home. I explain hearing loss and its impacts on development. I explain to the family that there are many different ways to communicate. There are individuals from the other programs in the area that provide services in other ways, including a...

#4 (I could only get the abstract) says that in 1977 children who used Signed English scored better than those who used spoken language alone on most subtests on the Stanford Acheivement Test. That one would be an argument for SEE, but is pretty outdated at 41 years old.

It isn't my choice, it is the family's choice. I provide the best possible services and education for the child after the family has chosen listening and spoken language. You would need to ask the families why they choose spoken language over ASL.

I didn't say that I don't know ASL, I said that I don't use it. No, most students are in their neighborhood school. That is a fully listening and spoken language setting. Even magnet schools have fewer classrooms that use any version of sign than those who use spoken language alone. The stats...

Sure, of course, we do. We lay out all their options and they decide what is best for their child. We never use touch to teach spoken language. Our students hear us speak and are able to learn from listening.

What you are missing is that while children with hearing loss do not have perfect access, they absolutely do have access to the language being used around them. Through language-rich environments and auditory verbal strategies we are able to provide a child access to naturally developing the...

#1 is merely talking about the fact that ASL is a full and accessable language. It doesn't compare outcomes at all. It does however have the following statements which are factually incorrect: The cochlear implant, a device permanently connecting the auditory nerve with the outside ear, turns...

Being deaf is definitely ok and ASL is a full, rich language that is equal to any other natural language.

No, I don't believe that at all. How absurd! The language one uses has absolutely no bearing on your intelligence. Again, I do not force a child or family to do anything. Language choice is never my decision. I provide services for families after they have determined what language...

How exactly do you know that it is inspite of your education? I have spoken to many Deaf adults. In fact, I currently serve two children who come from Deaf families. They have chosen spoken language (and in one case bilateral cochlear implants) for their child's education. Did I say that I...

#11, #13, #14, and #24 are not about deaf children either. I cannot say if these citations "show that bilingualism is the best for Deaf children", but I will spend some time reading them and will respond. I have been in the field for a number of years and I have yet to see a single piece of...

Thank you for these citations, I will read each one and respond individually. I will start out by saying that #2, #3, and #4 have nothing to do with Deaf education so I will skip them.

You have not, in fact, provided me with any research that says what you claim. The first paper you have linked to is a case study about one oral deaf child being signed a story and whether or not that child understood in ASL or signed English better. The child wasn't even a signed language user...

No, I said that what *we* do is teach children to think, learn and use language without sign language. If I taught at a school that uses Hebrew and not English, does that mean that I believe that children who use English don't think? Of course not.

If this is referencing me, that is not what I believe at all. Different choices and options work for different children. I do one thing very well. I teach the students that I serve using best practices and they are doing amazing. My class of 4/5-year-olds are testing within the normal range for...