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With children you cannot force a square peg into a round hole. Your child resists and dislikes the CI for reasons unknown, but if the reasons could be known we would all find the valid. I think you absolutely do the right thing by accepting her choice. When young people are learning they...

Pensions began during decades when the economy was expanding, the labor pool and population was expanding, and labor unions were strong. Politicians promised public workers nice pensions to win their votes, knowing they would be long gone from office before the bill came due. In present times...

I too have a profound and progressive hearing loss. As others mention, I shifted to using the words "deaf" or "almost deaf" to get people's attention better. "Hard of hearing" elicits less cooperation.

"there were a ton of hearing people who said that they should just stick to hearing interpreters because they aren't "distracting"." with comic ignorance this assumes interpreting should cater to the hearing. :crazy:

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I honestly don't care where football players and managers protest police brutality, but then I would not care if the NFL were damaged. I don't like football. However, I think protests would have a greater impact if players and managers showed up for demonstrations in the cities most affected...

Lord but the world is littered with idiots...

I'm glad you got rid of that d-head.

Good cops, bad cops, some good today bad yesterday. The bottom line is this world is unsafe, including your home, and survivors keep their wits about them at all times. If you see a cop looking at you make yourself as non-threatening as possible- empty hands in the air. This might not save...

Stand in front of a mirror and practice speaking slowly, with more volume, and clearly. Anything you practice will improve. Since you call yourself a quiet talker, either get over it or forget about this guy. I can guarantee that learning to speak clearly will help you all your life- help...

There's an old Guatemalan joke about truckers. they pull up to a bridge like that and the helper gets out to look around. He climbs back in and says, "It's ok. No cops around. go for it!"

Thank you for that. It is encouraging. I am a typical quad in that most of my fingers claw up and I cannot open my hands. I'd abandoned the idea of signing because of this. Maybe I will try harder...:bye:

The contrast of the signer with Gov. Scott is comical. Scott looks like such and inanimate object, in comparison. Definitely suffers from White boy syndrome.

There are many threads that discuss CIs, using ASL with young children, or combining the 2. If you read around older thread you will find much food for thought. I suspect doctors often favor CIs because they feel the technology helps a child function better in the hearing world, which is...

Are you posting in bold type on purpose? Your posts are thoughtful but I find the bold emphasis distracting.

Funny guy!

Your daughters behavioral changes could be entirely due to hearing loss and difficulty adjusting to it, or there might be something else going one. It is terribly frustrating to parent a youngster who simply cannot know or put words on why they are doing what they do. Some people have more...

Thanks for the information. I'm so happy to meet someone with the will to investigate!

Why? I think you are condemned by your own words. Are you looking for a different sort of job? Probably time you started.