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  1. kokonut

    Is it worth to be "oral"?

    It was based on me reaching an assumption that you have easily attained near normal or normal speech based on your earlier posts. You had alluded to the fact that all you needed to learn was the r letter. Arrr matey!* Kokonut - yes, that was around 3rd grade. And I have been fine since then...
  2. kokonut

    City driver or country driver to work?

    I just smile everytime I see people driving south in heavy traffic in the morning as they drive to work going from country to the city while I drive to the north to work still in the countryside. Same happens in reverse as I drive back home with hardly any traffic with the opposite lane heavy...
  3. kokonut

    Is it worth to be "oral"?

    I only ask them to repeat once in while but that's usually due to a weak radio signal. I and the person on the other end would ask each other to repeat just so that everything is understood. It's part of the whole safety protocol so that miscommunication won't happen.
  4. kokonut

    Gallaudet Graduate Student - Cochlear Implant Controversy Presentation

    Not according to certain "self-prescribed but righteous" Deaf groups who are trying to re-define the term "Deaf" (e.g. Deaf babies, Deaf people, Deaf community, Deaf etc) with the capital "D" as an all-inclusive term for anyone with a hearing loss no matter how small or large, and no matter the...
  5. kokonut

    Is it worth to be "oral"?

    Frankly, no. I would not have this job/career of mine if I didn't have the ability to speak and hear with the help of my hearing aid. I wouldn't have been a forest fire fighter fighting the big fires in Idaho and Washington states. Nor would I have been a Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER)...
  6. kokonut

    Is it worth to be "oral"?

    Frankly, no. I would not have this job/career of mine if I didn't have the ability to speak and hear with the help of my hearing aid. I wouldn't have been a forest fire fighter fighting the big fires in Idaho and Washington states. Nor would I have been a Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER)...
  7. kokonut

    Is it worth to be "oral"?

    This is about their speech skills or speaking ability with the help of hearing aids or cochlear implants that provide the necessary auditory feedback. Early intervention and other factors make a huge difference for a deaf/hh person's speaking ability.
  8. kokonut

    Gallaudet Graduate Student - Cochlear Implant Controversy Presentation

    No problem at all. Just that it's really nobody's business to tell a deaf/hh person that he or she does not belong (i.e. Deaf).
  9. kokonut

    Gallaudet Graduate Student - Cochlear Implant Controversy Presentation

    Then don't say he's not Deaf. That's my point. Grizz is every part of the deaf and hh community as the next person with a hearing loss.
  10. kokonut

    Gallaudet Graduate Student - Cochlear Implant Controversy Presentation

    How about providing a source where you pulled out of yer arse the 1/3 claims? At least Bott provided a source with a link and yet you have not?
  11. kokonut

    Gallaudet Graduate Student - Cochlear Implant Controversy Presentation

    Bottom line, it is not yours to decide for the person whether he/she is Deaf or not.
  12. kokonut

    What are you thinking about? Part VI

    Nope...that's not it.
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