Deaf child hears for the first time

There are another story that I heard from somebody that I know. She is CODA (Children Of Deaf Adults), about 8 years ago when she gave birth to their first Daughter. When her daughter fails hearing test. Can you guess how doctor reacted to her?

Doctor reaction is "I am not sure how to put this way, it is very difficult for us to find right words to inform you this unfortunately issue, (With some pauses and hesitation)" Mother said "Ok, what is it?" Doctor "<sigh> I am so sorry to inform that your daughter lost her hearing, and may not be able to live to its full potential" Mother (Remember she is CODA) blunted with doctor "Whats your problem with this? I have no problem with her being Deaf, if she is Deaf, that's FINE with me and mind you, my families are Deaf and I can't believe how you react me like this!" Doctor gulped afterwards and left.

You see, this is not the first time I heard like this. Is doctor approach appropriate? I don't think so.
 
mostly on medical professional, who do they think they are, by giving one option instead of several options. It did happen to my parents.
 
TXgolfer said:
People tend to get upset when others tell them how to raise their children or judge their choices. It works both ways.
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And people tend to get upset when they are attacked for how they truly feel.
 
Tuscany said:
Rubella..I didn't know that.

I don't mean to attack anybody, I just get annoyed at stuff like this since my parents were attacked for choosing oralism instead of sign language for me.

The Deaf Culture in Britain back then were... hateful towards hearing people. They had an elevated sense of importance about themselves, as if that if any random person didn't know sign language, they were disxriminating against the deaf.
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Think about why they were hateful towards hearing people. Perhaps years and years of being discriminated and oppressed by hearing people? :hmm:
 
shel90 said:
And people tend to get upset when they are attacked for how they truly feel.
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I haven't seen that. Pretty sure everyone here believes you are entitled to feel however you want as long as you are not trying to force that on others.
 
rockin'robin said:
Three years ago, Grayson Clamp was born deaf; three weeks ago, he became the first child in the U.S. to receive what's called an auditory brain stem implant—and heard his father’s voice for the first time.

Grayson, 3, who was adopted by Len and Nicole Clamp of Charlotte, N.C., is missing the cochlear nerves that allow humans to process and hear sound, the Daily Mail reports. When the Clamps heard about a new research trial for deaf children at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, they jumped at the opportunity to change their son's life.

For the auditory brain stem implant, doctors implanted a microchip in Grayson’s brain to help him process and recognize noises. Grayson’s face lit up when he heard his father speak.

Most of the roughly 1,000 people who have undergone the procedure only have a basic awareness of sound. According to WBTV, the Clamps say their new job is to teach Grayson how to make sense of what he hears.

“We don’t know what it’s like for him,” said Grayson’s mother, Nicole. “We don’t know exactly what he hears. His brain is still trying to organize itself to use sound.”

Deaf child hears for the first time
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Pretty impressive. The gains made with technology are amazing... It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out in the future.
 
I don't have a problem with people picking to have a CI. It's an amazing piece of medical science. And the parents of a deaf child are well within their rights of choosing to do so.

I just have mixed feelings about it all. Personally, which is my opinion, I would not risk such a risky surgery that is not NEEDED at such an early age. The child may not want it. I feel giving the child a choice when he/she is old enough is the best option.

And yes, I know it's better for the child to have the CI as early as possible. I still stand by choice.
 
i hope the parents would consider a bi=bi approach before too long...there is NO evidence to say that ASL hampers the learning of speech or English...
 
shel90 said:
Think about why they were hateful towards hearing people. Perhaps years and years of being discriminated and oppressed by hearing people? :hmm:
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Yes, but it doesn't help by acting the same way, does it?

The deaf culture should show they're better than that.
 
Tuscany said:
Yes, but it doesn't help by acting the same way, does it?

The deaf culture should show they're better than that.
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but we are the small number of people, and there are so diversed with mental levels that are not the same. Again the small number of people.
 
you know, everytime i see an article raving about a 'miracle fix' just because a baby or young deaf children 'hears for the first time'...it really paints the wrong picture for the masses of people in society to actually thinks its all over, the miracle is 'done'...

what never goes on the news is the strain and efforts which goes in with the process of not only learning to hear sound, and not only to understand sounds, but to understand words and more difficult to actually understand spoken language, success stories are exxagerated and really only counts from a few handful of implanted children

so like, whenever i see news of 'hearing for the first time?! RME... its only a sense sensation, but what about the fact they can't accept the deaf child is Deaf!...? that's the real sad bit....and probably grave too
 
diehardbiker said:
That's not the point
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Actually it is; when you have children, you get to raise them how you wish and how you see fit. When other families have children, they have the right to raise them however they choose or deem to be in their child's best interest. The deaf community needs to stop the name calling, judgmental attitudes, verbal attacks, and but out of other families' affairs that clearly don't concern them. I think the story was wonderful and I'm very happy for the family.

Laura
 
Lau2046 said:
Actually it is; when you have children, you get to raise them how you wish and how you see fit. When other families have children, they have the right to raise them however they choose or deem to be in their child's best interest. The deaf community needs to stop the name calling, judgmental attitudes, verbal attacks, and but out of other families' affairs that clearly don't concern them. I think the story was wonderful and I'm very happy for the family.

Laura
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No, his point was that doctors only give one option and one side of the story.

We could look at your post here and say that obviously, being raised as an oral deaf , causes problems with critical reading skills.

You post is really unrelated to what he was saying, and just a way for you to work in another post in your ongoing hatred for the deaf.
 
seems like all this "parental choice" is side-stepping and pretense for actually forcing the child to fit the hearing parents wants and make the kid be something other than what s/he is. <Hearing>Doctors and other medical professionals tend to have the same biases as any of the rest of the hearing population and that leaks into the interactions in some ways hidden and others not.
 
Stakie said:
I don't have a problem with people picking to have a CI. It's an amazing piece of medical science. And the parents of a deaf child are well within their rights of choosing to do so.

I just have mixed feelings about it all. Personally, which is my opinion, I would not risk such a risky surgery that is not NEEDED at such an early age. The child may not want it. I feel giving the child a choice when he/she is old enough is the best option.

And yes, I know it's better for the child to have the CI as early as possible. I still stand by choice.
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This kid didn't get a CI, he doesn't even have an auditory nerve to hook it up to, he got a chip implanted.

BUT, I disagree. By giving them the choice, you are really taking the choice away. Let's say you have profoundly dead baby that HAs barely give access to speech, if at all. This kid turns 16 and decides they want a CI. Here's a hard ugly truth about the consequence of your decision, to let them have the decision. They've decided they want to access to sound, they will never ever be as successful with the CI as if you had had them implanted as a baby. There are certain times when a brain is at its optimal to learn something, learning sound and language is at its optimum as a baby and toddler. Your 16 year old will have to work very very very hard to learn to hear with it. If you implanted them as a baby, but they decide later they don't want to hear, they can just not wear it. That's actually more if a choice, because the option you left them with is a hard road and you limited their success. You made them miss their boat, their optimal time for learning sound and language.
 
I am interested in meeting CI users who got it when they were baby so i can decide from there.
 
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