Recent content by Lexi's Mommy

We live in Utah. We have signed up for the Deaf Mentor program, but there is a waiting list in our area, so we just have to be patient. We are working with early intervention through the school for the Deaf. We have not registered with the third thing on your list, though. I should do that...

This is why I feel so strongly that our family needs to be fluent in ASL. I think the CI will help build bridges into the hearing world so that my daughter can interact with those hearing individuals who do not sign. However, it seems to me that no matter how positively the doctors try to spin...

I am a hearing parent of a 1 year old daughter who is deaf. After a lot of thought and prayer, we have decided to get her a Cochlear Implant so that she may function more easily in the hearing community and with our family, which is all hearing. However, I still want her to learn ASL, as well as...

Wow, I posted my message and just left it until now, and I'm amazed at the great feedback. I;ve actually spent the last day or so reading other posts on this site. I feel like I've learned so much already about the deaf community from just this site. I'm very excited now for this new road we're...

This week our 10 month old was diagnosed as having profound hearing loss. I don't even know what the correct terminology is... is it pc to call her deaf? This is all very new to me, and very overwhelming. She's my first, and learning to be a parent was hard enough before this! I have so many...