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Originally Posted by Cheri
Deaf children do not need to hear with their ears to be taught speech. You should know that we rely more on our vision in a sense we hear with our eyes. There is a mirror in speech therapy where deaf children can look at themselves to pronounce words and the sounds of each begin letter of a word. They are capable to understand speech by placing a hand to their throat and their mouth and the speech therapist's mouth and throat too.
Yes it is gonna get very difficult to learn but they can do it all they have to do is try harder.
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Thanks Cheri but I already know that. I was being scarcastic when I made that comment. I had the exact same experience with speech therapy so did my brother and thousands of other deafies. Some are able to develop good speech skills while others werent able to. My point was that despite having good speech, the deaf child is still deaf and doesnt have full access to spoken language so why use a language in the classroom that they may understnad half of the time if they are lucky? That's why we have speech classes for spoken language instruction along with the training of speech skills. Our students who go to those classes enjoy them so what's the harm here? Nobody is complaining as far as I know..the parents are happy, the kids are happy, and the teachers are happy.