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Hello Everyone!

I am hard of hearing in the severe to profound range who was raised oral only. I've never learned sign fluently. As an adult, I have taken classes and used ASL with Deaf individuals at my old job. My co-workers were always patient and glad that I was learning sign. They were surprised that my parents decided to raise me as oral only.

I wish that my parents had sent me to a mainstream school where they had deaf/hard of hearing classes so that I could've learned sign as a child. My Dad wishes that I learned ASL and wanted me to go to a program for children like me when I was in preschool. My mother felt that I would get behind and not learn anything. However, being hard of hearing and not knowing ASL in a hearing world is not easy.

Does anyone feel that ALL children with ANY type of hearing loss should learn ASL? I do because you NEVER know what can happen to remaining hearing and a lot of the times parents do not know the impact that not knowing ASL could have on those with hearing loss who are being raised oral only.

I've met quite a few individuals with hearing loss who are oral and ASL. They are much better off than I am who is always "stuck in the middle."

Please let me know if you all think that ALL children regardless of type or amount of hearing loss should learn ASL?

Sincerely,
OhioGirl
 
Welcome to alldeaf.com, OhioGirl.
Does anyone feel that ALL children with ANY type of hearing loss should learn ASL?
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Well, this should be option, not requirement for children to learn signs, whether it be ASL, SEE, PSE, home signs, etc.
 
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U gotta read several of my posts about that issue..I have pissed off some people with my views but I dont care cuz I grew up oral and never learned sign until later. It changed my life for the better..so I wish I had been exposed to sign language growing up but was denied it. I am a teacher for the deaf and strongly believe that ASL should be used as the primary language for all deaf/hoh children and oral language as a 2nd language. Many people dont agree with me but I see the impact on the children who never learned ASL so I have a valid reason for my beliefs. :)
 
Indeedy..................I'm hardcore about a FULL toolbox for dhh kids. That includes sign, speech skills, Cued Speech and so on. Oral onliers think that speech itself is fine, and that all other methods are "speshal needs" or "crutches"
 
I don't think that it should be a requirement for the deaf, I beleive that all people should be taught from an early age the language of sign. Take French, German and Spanish out of the schools and put ASL in. It is more important to communicate effectively with a person that is American and deaf than it will ever be important to speak with a French person who is visiting American or if we are visiting France.
 
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