dsimono320
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Hi everybody! I have a very important question that I would like to ask everybody to see if anybody may know something or someone in a similiar situation that was able to receive any form of positive help.
My Aunt is deaf and mute and has been this way since age 7. She is now in her mid-70's. What had happened at age 7 was that she was living in Iran on a farm and always had a lot of family around. There was a barn that was always pitch black inside and amongst the kids they would say the devil is in there because they would hear owls making noises, etc, etc. Well, one day they decided to throw my aunt in there, lock the door, and laugh and scream to her that the devil was in there and he's coming to get you. From what I have been told, she screamed herself to deaf....
She saw doctors in Iran, but I believe she may have been wrongly diagnosed. I do not believe she saw a specialist in the states when she arrived in 1975. My question...I have been told (long shot) that this be psychological or that there have been many more advances in medicine since then. Is this something I should pursue? Again, this is almost 70 years after the fact...
My aunt never wanted to learn sign language (ego) and never really learned the american language as well. She is fluent in her native tongue and understands lip reading, face and hand gestures, etc, etc...She is truely a sweetheart and the most innocent person I have ever met...Is there anything out there that can possibly help? Thanks in advance and much respect to the community.
My Aunt is deaf and mute and has been this way since age 7. She is now in her mid-70's. What had happened at age 7 was that she was living in Iran on a farm and always had a lot of family around. There was a barn that was always pitch black inside and amongst the kids they would say the devil is in there because they would hear owls making noises, etc, etc. Well, one day they decided to throw my aunt in there, lock the door, and laugh and scream to her that the devil was in there and he's coming to get you. From what I have been told, she screamed herself to deaf....
She saw doctors in Iran, but I believe she may have been wrongly diagnosed. I do not believe she saw a specialist in the states when she arrived in 1975. My question...I have been told (long shot) that this be psychological or that there have been many more advances in medicine since then. Is this something I should pursue? Again, this is almost 70 years after the fact...
My aunt never wanted to learn sign language (ego) and never really learned the american language as well. She is fluent in her native tongue and understands lip reading, face and hand gestures, etc, etc...She is truely a sweetheart and the most innocent person I have ever met...Is there anything out there that can possibly help? Thanks in advance and much respect to the community.
