Originally Posted by Bebonang

DvVroman7, I like what you wrote that you can look at your beautiful daughter who happen to be deaf. I admire you for standing up for your daughter as you would like your daughter to be herself, not someone to push her to become that she might not be happy getting a CI (bad with surgery) or hearing aid (not bad without surgery).

Originally Posted by Bebonang

I don't want anyone to brainwash your deaf daughter that she must hear with CI. Being deaf is not bad. It is something better than having to hear all kinds of noises that can be a bothersome, eh?

So ignore GrendalQ's comment. She is a hearing mother like you but she has different opinion and really not understand anything about deaf children's life.

Originally Posted by Bebonang

And why we have to struggle so hard just because we have to respect to the hearing parents by going to mainstream school and having to learn to speak and lipread without sign language. The hearing parents don't respect us halfway by learning to sign with us and getting the accommodations for us, Deafies. Both of my parents don't sign and neither my sister but she tried to sign Alphabet. They think that I can lipread and talk a lot better than signing That is their satisfaction while I was not happy about it all. So if your daughter can sign with you, then go for it. Good luck on your journey with your deaf daughter.