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Originally Posted by Cheri
True Jillio that technolgical has been change over the years.
But you got to understand that its not the methodologies that shows no improvement for the deaf world wide. You and She'l kept saying Bi Bi works better for deaf people which is not true, it might work for some and it also might not work for others. Every hearing loss is different and every child learns differently. There is no single approah for all just like rockdrummer stated and he's right.
For hearing aids, it may works for some and it also may won't work for others it is the same goes for cochlear implants. It does not mean the device itself fails deaf children or deaf adults world wide.
It all depends on the individual. (The person's hearing loss, the person's progress)
Its important to give those deaf children a fair chance to try each programs to see how the child will progress even if it is Oral, TC, Bi Bi or Cued Speech.
If you expected them all to be in a bi bi program then every deaf child should get a cochlear implant because its better than hearing aids, You see what I'm trying to say here?
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Never seen a child get pulled from our program because it wasnt working for them cuz ASL is 100% accessible to all chidlren even hearing ones.
In AZ, there is a charter school called Sequois that is a BiBi program using ASL and English. Both deaf and hearing children are accepted there and it is having a lot of success. In my 5 years of teaching, I have never seen a child pulled out of our program to another program. It is usually the other way around.
It would be like saying spoken English doesnt work for some hearing kids in the public schools.