You know, neecy, I apologize if you ever got the message from me that your experience was not valid, or that your opinions don't matter. If I have ever given you that impression, it was simply to point out that the differences between a child who is congentially, pre-lingually deafened and a child who has acquired deafness at a post-lingual, middle onset point in development do exist, and that, in order to properly address the issues involved, we need to be aware of them.
