I can hear some with my HAs and speak fairly well but I feel more limited when communicating with the hearing world despite growing up with only hearing peers and adults around me.
My brother has no oral skills and he interacts with the hearing world just as much I do but in a different way.
I would rather see my students become literate than develop speech skills. I think literacy comes first but too often it is the speech or oral skills that take predendence.
