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I notice some of you mentioned it that makes me wonder.

Do you have problem with having Deaf parents who are ASL users who have hearing kids? due to the language?
 
No. I know some CODAs that are doing great.
 
don't see why it would be any problem. The hearing kids as babies would be exposed to language via ASL and then English through friends, family and school.
 
The kids grow up being truly bilingual. An advantage to all.
 
I think the only problem CODAs have is people attitude toward deaf. no difference than kids who have parents who unable to walk, speak, see, etc. or even gay parents. they don't become a target of humiliating, teasing and/or bullying.

Other than that, I think if people had a healthy attitude toward the deaf and ASL, CODAs would turn out fine. CODAs need to take pride in ASL.
 
My only son had trouble with pronouncing the words that I passed down to him when I was speaking to him while I sign or not sign. The teachers and my ex-husband's parents told me that he pronounced the wrong way to speak what I spoke. Go figure. Also I noticed years ago when he was young that he was embarrassed to sign to me in public so he refused to sign except signed at home. The last time I visited him was four years ago and he signed to me in public so I felt good about it. No problem now. :D
 
If people have a problem with me having a hearing son and using ASL with him, they can stuff it!
 
To me, it's no different than any household in which kids learn English second... All hearing people learn their parents language first, and it's often not English. I spoke Norwegian first, and then learned English...if I'd had Deaf parents who used ASL, I would have learned ASL first. As was already mentioned, it creates bi-lingual kids. I had the pleasure of being told that my mom "talked funny", too.
 
Bottesini said:
Tell us how you really feel Shel!! :lol:
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My mother in law was the first in line when my son was born. She was worried that my using ASL with him would make him not be able to talk.When he was diagnosed with language delays at 18 months old, she told everyone that it was because my hubby and I were using sign language too much at home.Well, she totally *gulped* because his language is now superior than his peers at the age of 5 (he will be 5 on Wed). Once that language catches up, the bilingual aspect has those kids developing superior cognitive thinking skills.
 
shel90 said:
My mother in law was the first in line when my son was born. She was worried that my using ASL with him would make him not be able to talk.When he was diagnosed with language delays at 18 months old, she told everyone that it was because my hubby and I were using sign language too much at home.Well, she totally *gulped* because his language is now superior than his peers at the age of 5 (he will be 5 on Wed). Once that language catches up, the bilingual aspect has those kids developing superior cognitive thinking skills.
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That's actually interesting. My younger granddaughter is developmentally delayed in language, but she signs a lot with me. And her mother is now doing more signing with her since she doesn't speak. I wonder if she will catch up and be bilingual.
 
Bottesini said:
That's actually interesting. My younger granddaughter is developmentally delayed in language, but she signs a lot with me. And her mother is now doing more signing with her since she doesn't speak. I wonder if she will catch up and be bilingual.
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How old is she?
 
Bottesini said:
A little over 19 months. No speech.
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My son was 18 months with no speech which was why I took action and contacted the county about it and got him speech services although from what I saw, it was more of a language therapy (no difference from AVT therapy which is why I think speech therapy = AVT therapy) and had someone come to our home once a week to work with him to make sure he wont get language deficits (which is MUCH worse than language delays)...all is well now. He is so fluent in ASL and English now that he is able to code swich easily.

So...work hard with her now. It will pay off later. If it doesnt, it means she may have other issues affecting her language development that will need to be looked into.
 
I would imagine if you don't expose spoken language to a hearing child, they will be behind in English. Just like not exposing them to English if you are spanish speaking parents.
 
shel90 said:
My son was 18 months with no speech which was why I took action and contacted the county about it and got him speech services although from what I saw, it was more of a language therapy (no difference from AVT therapy which is why I think speech therapy = AVT therapy) and had someone come to our home once a week to work with him to make sure he wont get language deficits (which is MUCH worse than language delays)...all is well now. He is so fluent in ASL and English now that he is able to code swich easily.

So...work hard with her now. It will pay off later. If it doesnt, it means she may have other issues affecting her language development that will need to be looked into.
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They are working hard with her. Although I did get yelled at by her mother for trying to get her to say "jelly" last Saturday. Apparently the way I say jellly has not much resemblance to the actual pronunciation.

Then my comment that if I got her to talk at all , the rest could be fixed with speech therapy, didn't make my more popular.

Luckily later in the week I went out to dinner with both daughters and the kids and just signed my heart out to the baby. (she really really likes me) :D
 
did the mother tell you that? about the Jelly? It could be a different reason like not pressuring her to speak (maybe she been told by professionals how handle it) Just curious.

having her to say anything is a good muscle/tongue exercise so I feel it doesn't matter she pronounce it correctly or not (speech therapists will correct that later if it become a problem) .. babies start babbling , blowing raspberries, or stick out their tongue before they can speak.
 
deafgal001 said:
did the mother tell you that? about the Jelly? It could be a different reason like not pressuring her to speak (maybe she been told by professionals how handle it) Just curious.

having her to say anything is a good muscle/tongue exercise so I feel it doesn't matter she pronounce it correctly or not (speech therapists will correct that later if it become a problem) .. babies start babbling , blowing raspberries, or stick out their tongue before they can speak.
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No, they work with professionals. They want her to speak. :lol:

My daughter told me I can't say "jelly."

Not a big deal. I am a great signer and the favorite person of my granddaughter. I think my daughter would just prefer me to sign, because then the baby will get that part right.

In fairness my daughter did need speech therapy. :hmm:
 
deafgal001 said:
I would imagine if you don't expose spoken language to a hearing child, they will be behind in English. Just like not exposing them to English if you are spanish speaking parents.
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They may be behind initially, but they can catch up and will often surpass their peers in English! I always got A's in English, even though it was my second language.
 
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