My daughter has both languages and has already gained sophisticated spoken language.
As for me lashing out at those here...you don't lash out at us? Seriously? What about all the comments about "helicopter parents", "nonstop intensive therapy" and my child having "massive social issues"? That isn't supposed to be insulting?
If she has sophiscated spoken language, then how come she is still delayed in spoken language?
I reconize she is doing a lot better then when she had HA. She still doesn't have sophiscated spoken language thou. Sophsicated would be spoken language on par (or even above) with hearing kids. She is speaking in sentances yes.....we all know that the days of kids going through oral programs, and coming out with only a handful of words or really delayed speech is over. (doesn't mean it doesn't happen, just that it's shrunk drasticly, especially compared to the '60's and 70's ) BUT, just b/c a kid can speak,it doesn't mean that they won't deal with hoh style spoken language issues. Not all orally skilled kids are going to be AG Bell superstars (the kind that suceed with minimal accomondations and who take honors classes and who take foriegn languages and who end up at a highly selective college)
Were you aware that it's common for oral only kids to regularly say stuff like " How many spiders have legs?" for "How many legs do spiders have?"
I am not accusing you of being a helicopter parent or doing an auditory verbal "gotta therapyize every single learning moment" approach.....but you're missing that the oral only tends to really attract helicopter parents who feel like they have to make every single moment a "teachable moment" and not let their kids be kids.
And we're not saying that b/c she is getting oral education, she'll have MAJOR social delays. We are saying that social emotional issues are MAJOR in this population especially in middle school and high school. Granted she may not deal with the same sort of crap I dealt with (being told I sucked when I was doing nothing but walking around, having my bike stolen simply b/c it was mine, being asked if I was going to a special school, in a Honors Latin. Let me repeat that, a Honors Latin class, being thought of as mentally impaired b/c of the way I speak, having an obscence letter sent to me, and even more) but, trust us.....oral abilty is AWESOME, but it doesn't equalize dhh kids 100%. If that was true, then you wouldn't see hoh kids flocking to Deaf Culture.
We're not attacking you......and you still haven't provided cites of people and direct references of those alledged attacks. Those aren't attacks. They are simple criticisms of oral only. It's not about YOU, it's about oral only!
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