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Definitely not going to counter that post, Mew, because you're right.
Like I said 'could.' I don't know entirely the history of how history loss screening has improved over the years. That is why I like posting here and learning about things related to hearing loss. I like learning from it.
Also as showed, I'm not an expert in the terms of the medical field and the screening of hearing loss. I'll never fully understand about it. I can slam you with a law book (criminal law) any day but get me around medical related stuff...I'm lost. I was saying how can I see how it could be. By professionals...not so much. By teachers...sure. Plus my misuse of words never helps either...haha. I should have said more so the "assumption" and left "diagnose out." (Gotta love my English skills.
Luckily I like where I can give my opinion on something and someone give's me a logical answer that has that experience to help me learn and gain a better understanding (if small or big) on stuff. That'd what I like about learning from others.
I wasn't posting in agreement to anything deafdyke or others may have posted...but giving a small opinion of my own that was not well informed. I learn and go on.
Damn is my hair blonde tonight? Sorry!
Just read some of the posts through here, you see them all the time! Though some I wonder if they're just permanently brain damaged honestly. I do know a lot of very intelligent blondes.
To be honest, I personally can see how some children with mild loss could be misdiagnosed just for the fact that while those of us with mild loss often thrown into the area, "This person/child has plenty of residual hearing left."
I've had people look at me like I'm stupid before simply because I misunderstood what they said. Not every time does this happen to me, of course. It's just a few people in the world being stupid. I can't say that the one hearing person is living to that type of stereotype.
However if a child with mild loss misunderstands it people could associate that child with being slow mentally simply because they 'mishear' (if that is a word). I can't imagine how those with APD (with normal hearing or otherwise) would feel in that situation. Now, does this always happen? I doubt it.
Could medical professionals misdiagnose it? It's possible.
On another note...I know it hasn't been directly implied but I don't like the fact that mild loss makes us "so close to hearing" is so many people's eyes.
Is mild loss like those with profound loss? Of course not.
Can people with mild loss pick up speech very well? Sure...but not always the case either.
Can we function with out hearing aids? Definitely but that doesn't make it any easier on us either.
But that doesn't mean we don't struggle at times ourselves. Yeah we hear good compared to many and some of us can even hear well enough except at certain times. Though that doesn't mean we don't have challenges like those with more severe losses. They be minor but we still have them as well.
I have a mild (left) and moderate (right) cookie-bite loss with one ear slipping into low-frequency loss. I misunderstand what people say simply because often people talk in the mid-frequency range...the one I struggle the most on hearing correctly with. Sometimes I mishear a lecture in class because of this loss and I think the professors are swearing at me (it's funny to learn they didn't say sh*t instead of sheet).
So from the few experiences I was thought of as stupid because I misunderstand them...I can see how children could be labeled mentally challenged. Now am I promoting deafdyke's stuff? No. I'm just giving an opinion from my point-of-view.
And umm...sorry of my total random vent/talk.
"Ancient beliefs?" Goodness, are you an antiquarian?
All kidding aside, DD's beliefs aren't outdated. I too see the misconceptions about the deaf and their mental acuity on a daily basis.
Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.
Seriously though, if you could back up all your stuff with PROOF, people would be more inclined to take your words more seriously. In case you missed the thread earlier on this week about people giving advice to not argue with you because it's a waste of time and everyone knows it's BS.
Pauley from the show NCIS
I just like the look of shock when people see me pull off my stupid white coat. :P Judge me not by the color of my skin but the content of my character. ( My tattoos give me a different color skin! ) Plus I love that quote more than anything. My "ethnic white" Romanian roots say tattoos are the only color I will be getting. :P