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Originally posted by ChelEler
258~ I'm profound deaf and most hearing people who interact with me said that I speak so well, even thought I don't wear hearing aids or anything like that. I have never used that program before so I don't know which answer to vote for.  I guess I was taught on English basis when I was growing up, then learned ASL during High School.  Do I make any sense here?
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same here ChelEler -- i know Deaf children are taught reading with READING/SPELLING as an emphasis so theyre more understanding of the English language and syntax/structures as well as for spelling -- ive seen the hearing kids being immersed in the phonics program and see it fail miserably and i just simply dont understand WHY the county wont drop the program and put more emphasis on reading and spelling practices
kuifje75 has also brought up the speech classes for the deaf children which IMO has varied results so i
the true statistics to the success rate of deaf kids with TRUE good speech skills -- ive heard of how some ppl just flatly REFUSES to talk again all cuz of their speech teachers always telling them how well they say words and all that then they go in the general public and when trying to communicate with other hearies they just simply DONT understand what theyre trying to say so they tell me the best way is just have pen and paper ready on hand or use gestures -- ahh this would become 2 different issues on this thread LOL