Recent content by cduskey

I think these are all great questions about both sign and having the family be bilingual. It is difficult but can be accomplished, you just have to decide what works best for everyone. In my household, I am hearing. My oldest is hearing. My middle son is profoundly deaf but now wears a cochlear...

I am hearing but I use the L handshape. My friends that sign more "English" and not ASL, would use V like V4 for 24, whereas I would use L4.

I can't believe some of the comments that you guys have mentioned that hearing people do say. Yes, some of them are very rude. VamPyroX, I agree with you though that sometimes it is just a simple misunderstanding. Sometimes people just aren't very well educated. My son has a CI and I have so...

I have three children. My oldest is hearing. My youngest son is deaf but we didn't find out til he was almost two. He got an implant a few months ago. I went ahead with the decision because everyone we know is hearing and we wanted him to have the opportunity to hear and sign both. Now, I just...

Well, thanks Pek1 for your input but I have to say that I disagree with you very much. I love my deaf son very much. I am very happy to have children and be able to do so. However, I think you were very harsh. My son is very loud with his actions and his words. Yes, he probably can't hear how...

Hi....I just have a question and I am wondering if anyone could help me. I have a 3.5 yr old boy that is deaf. We didn't find out until he was 2. He recieved a cochlear implant 2 months ago. Anyhow, my question is how do you get a deaf child to realize that he is being too loud. We live in a...

Thanks for the information about sports. Just a question though, is the reason they caution because of actual damage to your head where your CI is or because of damage to the internal part of the CI itself? There are so many things I read that contradict each other. Courtney D.

atabr5....i am glad that you asked this question. I just found this website a little over a week ago and have been researching A LOT as well because my youngest son is a candidate for a cochlear implant. The only downfall that I have heard from some people is about sports. I have a boy, a very...

choose to have a deaf baby??? what???? Ok, I don't know if it's just me or not but why would you want to choose or not. And as someone commented, perhaps maybe people could be tested for deafness or diseases but are you going to abort a baby just because they are deaf or have down syndrome...

ci on show I watch the show What About Brian a lot and I have to say that I was disappointed in how they handled it. They made it seem like the parents didn't research any other options at all. The dad mentioned once about the deaf culture being against the CI but the mom ruled and next thing...

Well, we have been trying hearing aids for about 8 months now and he is hearing at 55 dBs with them on. He has a profound hearing loss in his right ear and a severe loss in his left. We found out because at 22 months, he still wasn't talking. However, he's a smart little bugger. We didn't...

evan Evan will be three years old at the end of this month.

Hello everyone! My name is Courtney. I live in Oregon and am a mother of two boys! My youngest son Evan is deaf. We didn't find this out until about a year ago. Anyhow, we currently have the option of giving him a cochlear implant. Any suggestions, comments, ideas. I am curious if there are any...

Hello everyone! My name is Courtney. I live in Oregon and am a mother of two boys! My youngest son Evan is deaf. We didn't find this out until about a year ago. Anyhow, we currently have the option of giving him a cochlear implant. Any suggestions, comments, ideas. I am curious if there are any...