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You're absolutely right, he does have a LOVE of language. He absolutely LOVES music - lyrics and all. He always wants us sit with him and go over the lyrics so he can get them. We sign and finger spell to help him out. We have a bunch of kids books on tape with the hard book to follow along...

Yes. Even though he has top-notch digital hearing aids, they cannot give him back the hearing that he doesn't have. He misses the softer sounds of speech, i.e. ch, sh and transposes t's, p's and d's, etc. The signing, including finger spelling the "p" or "d" or "s", really clarifies those...

Thank you for your post. We are trying to sort this all out, and every bit of information helps. As I said before, I am a strong supporter of signing, as we have seen how much it has helped our son even though he is so verbal, and it is good to hear from someone with personal experience in an...

5 year old HOH boy Thanks. My husband and I just thought it made the most sense to provide our son every opportunity to be able to communicate. I think to decide for someone else how they will best communicate makes it harder on them. Who knows which communication technique(s) are going to...

My son is HOH with normal hearing to 1000 Hz and then moderate to severe/profound loss from 2000-4000 Hz. He is 5 years old and has always been very verbal. We found out about his hearing loss when he turned 3 (he had normal hearing at birth), and we put him in a total approach preschool class...