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yeah I agree with u there Shel90. its annoying if other deaf people think ur "fake" because u were raised orally and/or wear hearing aids. There are some Deaf people (Capital D deaf, that is) out there that dislike other deaf people who don't really use ASL. there's also some extreme ones who...

its true she did break a lot of barriers. Yay for Marlee! :applause:

I agree with this. And I also think the fact that there are deaf people out there with the mentality of "If you do too well in college, you won't be able to get a disability check." is atrocious. It saddens me that they had such low faith in themselves in terms of getting a job after college...

samanthasmom - i have a question for u, about ur daughter. Does she rely a lot on lip-reading?

That reminds me of a friend of mine, she has a Severe hearing loss (so a bit better than mine) she was raised 100% oral, and really has a nice voice and excellent speech skills! Well, in high school or maybe it was beginning of college she took an ASL class, she enjoyed it, etc. And then she...

haha, right on Shezz! :thumb:

LOL, i find that so funny that u think the deaf accent is kinda sexy! at least there are people out there that find it hot and not weird, hahaha. well, im glad u enjoyed my post :) this reminds me of an episode of My Name Is Earl, actually i didnt see the episode, but a friend told me about...

have u ever been asked "Oh u have an accent, where are u from??" - I get this constantly! :giggle: the most popular guess i get is that I am British, the 2nd most popular is German, lol. which is funny because i am not, not at all. I was born here in the US. my background is European, but not...

But the SAME type of logic applies if this deaf child is fitted with a CI or HA. then a foundation in spoken language needs to be established as well, otherwise what was the point in getting a CI/HA. It just seems like that a lot (and i dont mean just ppl in this forum - i mean people IN...

Shel, of course i would never imply that ur mom was more supportive with u but not ur brother. (i hope u didn't take offense to my statement, that was never my intention :) I just brought that up as a POSSIBLE factor? in ur case, it wasn't one. but maybe in some others it is? I don't know...

yeah my parents and my speech therapist went the extra mile for me too. I KNOW that it made a huge difference for me. I wouldn't be where I am today if not for them. my therapist + my parents + binaural amplification = fabulous! :D like 'Imdeafsowhat' said in an earlier posts. Its got a lot to...

I don't know. that is unfortunate that he was so behind. maybe it has to do with lack of GOOD speech therapy and/or parents reinforcing those skills? his personality? my hearing is WAY worse than that boy's, however my reading skills were WAY ahead for someone my age. seems like a # of...

Cheri, u are so right in that. thanks for being blunt! :thumb:

Please allow me to clarify something that i have actually failed to mention in these posts. These deaf children that i use in examples, MUST have binaural amplification (i.e. hearing aids) or cochlear implants (or both). Both hearing and deaf babies do babble, yes. If the deaf baby is fitted...

nah not really a specific question. more so just wondering who wore them (i wear them) and what they think of them. I recently tried Naidas and while i do like them, there were also things i did not like about them. They no longer make the Digifocus model and so i need ot start finding another...

while i personally do not know SEE, that does seem to be the better choice when it comes down to SEE vs. ASL. if SEE if closer to spoken english then it will help the childs comprehension of it. ASL, it seems to me, would actually further confuse them since placement of words and grammar...

Who here wears Oticon Digifocus II hearing aids?

welcome doofenslim. ur names in dutch. mine is italian. hahaha. so ur a graphic designer? awesome. so am i. are u more print based or web based?

Well, clearly my speech therapist thought from the very beginning that I had potential to function in an oral only environment. I certainly don't have any language gaps, nor was I ever behind in school. I have actually had a deaf school (which used oralism as a primary means of communication...

Exactly. parents are an important key to this. That is my experience.