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and you belong with US! There are TONS of people here who grew up oral and mainstream and total immersian in the hearing world! Your experiance is very simlair....and god....I just wish I could throttle those goddamn AVTers who think that dhh kids will experiance all the upsides of the hearing world, and none of the downsides. Parents who are lurking (and we know there are tons of you) THIS is what happens when you try to immerse your kid entirely in the hearing world. Yes, we can "hear" with hearing aids/CIs.....but artifical hearing does not make a hearing kid.....and I say that as someone who learns aurally!!!!

[QUOTE="deafdyke, post: 1998836, member: 233"] and you belong with US! There are TONS of people here who grew up oral and mainstream and total immersian in the hearing world! Your experiance is very simlair....and god....I just wish I could throttle those goddamn AVTers who think that dhh kids will experiance all the upsides of the hearing world, and none of the downsides. Parents who are lurking (and we know there are tons of you) THIS is what happens when you try to immerse your kid entirely in the hearing world. Yes, we can "hear" with hearing aids/CIs.....but artifical hearing does not make a hearing kid.....and I say that as someone who learns aurally!!!! [/QUOTE]

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