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Just a side note, the presentation you were at was at an auditory oral conference, so I have no doubts the presenter made sure to share only what could fit into this bias. And let me guess the presenter was hearing... and there was no CART/FM systems provided, let alone an interpreter. It would...

No you are wrong. This is straight from the Australian government website for the LOCHI study. I know how to research primary sources, you cant manipulate and even falsify information to suit your own needs and think youll get away with it because us DHH arent as smart as you. On the contrary it...

LOCHI only studied 460 children from 3 states Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales who use HAs or CIs, far from EVERY DHH in all of Australia. Even with the smaller sample aside, of course those who recieved them earlier would have better language development than those who recieved them...

Hey I'm HoH as well. I use HAs and in addition to FM systems, CART, etc. I used signed English growing up mainstreamed in public school. I went to a few different universities where I continued to be mainstreamed. However I want to go to Gallaudet for grad school in the next year or so. I'm...

She know she doesn't literally worship it (that would be making DHH kids "hear" talk and listen ;-) ) She was just making a point by hyperbolizing.

There is so much wrong with what you wrote I don't know where to begin.... 1) The European comment @peekaboo made was about my story about my kanaka maoli (Native Hawai'ian) ancestors being mistreated. It was a comparison to how DHH students are treated in oral schools. Not that only Europeans...

Mahalo! (Thank you in Hawai'ian :-) ) It's not your fault and I don't blame or feel angry towards haoles (white people), I mean my mom is haole, I'm hapa haole (half white half native) I think education and awareness is what's important. It's frustrating to see the same people who stripped my...

These dismal stats are directly correlated with decades of oralism, the very system that you advocate. DHH children's literacy is stunted because English is forced on them as an L1 and they cannot naturally acquire it like their hearing peers. No matter how many CIs, HAs and other attempts to...

If you educate your kids to speak and "hear" so they are at the same level as hearing children you are saying hearing children are the highest level and that the only way you can make DHH kids to perform at that level is to teach them to speak and "hear" just like them. You are saying that...

I keep quoting your words as evidence and you just respond no I didn't say that you need to re-read. You either 1) truly believe that DHH individuals don't "understand" the oh so superior English language at the level of hearing individuals as yourself do nd that's your entire point against my...

I did bad growing up. I was the only DHH kid in a mainstreamed school. I grew up in a small mountain town. I hated being pulled out of class for speech and reading, even though the teacher was nice. I got called stupid when I tried to talk. I went to a bigger city school for high school after...

No I'm not overlooking that, it's a major part of the issue. Her own words show her bias against ASL and towards "making" Deaf kids "hear" as superior.

That seems pretty clear that you think that Deaf children are only competitive with hearing peers if they speak and "hear".

No, you also are an Early Interventionist. You go into homes and with no doubt give a biased picture of what's best for their children. Most end up in your oral program later. That's my beef. The comments you made about how Deaf children are only at the level of their hearing peers if they...

You're oversimplifying a very complicated issue that you don't understand, no matter how many fancy degrees you have that you think makes you able to tell Deaf people what's best for them. I'm not against hearing aids again I use them, I have them on right now. But to force them and CIs as the...

Because you say that Deaf/HoH children all need HAs and CIs, and need to learn to "hear" and speak English. Last time I checked that's what makes you hearing. Therefore you want us all to be hearing not Deaf.

Many of us have had this issue. I'm currently arguing with a hearing teacher who thinks this is okay and Deaf kids just need to "hear" "speak" and "listen" to be successful.

Do you actually know what it's like to "hear" with hearing aids??? You seem to think they suddenly make us as capable as hearing people. They don't. I've been waiting 6 months for my new HAs because CO Medicaid doesn't cover a penny and they're over $6,000 Even with the new ones it's far from...

It's really suspicious you are the one "offering" a choice to families. You have a huge aversion to sign language, whether it's ASL, bi bi, it doesn't matter. It's very suspicious that the families you work with all seem to want to go the oral/AVT route with you. If you don't use sign, you're...

Signed English is SE. SEE (1) is Signing Essential English and SEE 2 is Seeing Essential English. They have made up signs for -ed -ing etc. endings, contractions. Words like BUTTERFLY are signed BUTTER + FLY for example. SEE 1 and 2 are used less and less these days. SE is just ASL signs in...