Originally Posted by deafdyke

Sounds like she got brainwashed by the Auditory-Verbal/ Audist/hearing impaired types. There's a site out there, Listen-Up, and it is SO filled with "dhh kids need to have speech and listening therapy 24/7" philosophy.
Have you talked with the parent? You could say something like " Hearing aids and being able to listen is important. I grew up that way and am happy that I can hear and have the abilty to hear and talk. But, what they don't tell you is that having an exclusive "oral and listening only" approach can have quite a bit of downsides. Yes, I know that they prolly have told you that things have changed.......but I see a lot of the same stuff happening to the young dhh kids of today. Definitly continue with the aids and other auditory stimulation things.....those will benifit your baby. I'm not one of those extremists who is all "dhh kids should only do ASL. Rather maybe it might make your baby's life easier if they had access to a full toolbox. I mean for example, with ASL they'll be able to function both with and without their hearing aids. You can also point out, that if he learns ASL, her baby will be BILINGAL!!!! (I just really find it really funny that the same parents who shirk away from ASL for their dhh kids, would be the first on the bandwagon to enroll their kids in a bilingal program)