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OMG! Thats the funniest true story i've heard in a while! lmao!

I'm sorry I led you to believe that keeping the child deaf was the only possibility, in my scenario the child was profoundly deaf and unable to hear much even with a hearing aid. Why would you assume I don't know how hard it is to learn a new language? I believe I addressed that when I...

I have to admit that I laughed outloud when I read this! I can just picture somebody walking up to a total stranger and just saying their abc's, she at least said something afterwards I hope!

I'm a hearie:) really interested in learning more about the deaf culture, i've started to learn asl, and my church has a deaf ministry and thats how I got interested in learning! i hope to be a terp someday:fingersx:

Well actually, I was a little misleading when I said tribal officials. What I really meant was people important in the tribe, not really leaders or council members. And I was telling the stories for entertainment/educational purposes so there were also white people present, it was a bit...

and there need to be more people who realize that it is indeed a language! not just monkey talk and grunts:giggle:

Thanks:) I have indeed thought it over, although i'm just 22 i've considered adopting a deaf child if I get married, at least I know they will be in good hands and not get returned!!!!!!!

Say you are in a store with a friend and you are signing with eachother. And lets say that the cashier you go to knows a little bit of sign language, simple phrases like "hello" "goodbye" "thank you", etc... she noticed that you two were signing so she uses a few of the signs she knows while you...

Thanks for the welcome Cloggy:), thats a very good point. I think its important to expose our children to languages they may come in contact with. Therefore, if my child was mildly hoh I think it would be in their best interest to learn both oral languages, and probably have one dominant form of...

I agree so much with both of you! jillio you make a good point when you say that being able to hear soud and discriminate speech are different things. Especially when you are faced with accents, muffled or slurred speech, or people who just don't enunciate well, not to mention the external...

well, much like someone else said (can't remember who, sorry:dunno2:) I remember watching sesame street and seeing linda signing, i guess it always stuck with me because as a child and even now as an adult I have always been interested in signing, asl in particular. I guess because I tend to be...

and its a good one! thanks Anij, and thanks to everyone who has answered so far! :wiggle:

I'm a hearing person but I've known and heard of so many people who were deaf, as in completely or almost completely non hearing, whose parents never bothered to learn sign language. I guess I understand if the child is hoh to a certain extent they can understand oral language well, but when the...

I am cherokee and I remember once I had to memorize a bunch of native stories in native sign language. It was hard to say the least! Especially since it was an hour long...and I am hearing...and I was telling them in front of other natives and tribal officials.

I am a hearing person, so please excuse me if this sounds ignorant or stupid. I am truly just curious. I have only been learning ASL for 9 months or so, I am nowhere near fluent! But my question is, do most deaf or hoh people watch television? If so, how useful do you find the captions? I know...