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the reason I have chosen to give her hearing aids and do speech/listening therapy is because it never hurts to offer. I am giving her the opportunity to develop some oral skills,
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Excellent!!! And I agree.....oral skills are an awesome thing to have! Continue with developing them. Virtually all the orally skilled dhh kids I know are very glad we have that particualr skill. It's just that we are mad that it was our ONLY tool for such a long time. And the opposite can be true too............I know of Sign only teens who wish they'd had the opertuntity to have some oral skills/training as kids.
The key is: Make it FUN! The trouble with speech therapy is that it can get very tedius and boring. Don't over therapize her aquastion of oral skills. Also, don't be afraid to supplement with private therapy, such as some auditory-verbal therapy. You could go and see the speech therapist at your daughter's school, and see what they say, and if they have any ideas or anything.