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Holy Shit!! My mouth is on the floor! I cannot believe that someone would toy with peoples emotions like that. It's a terrible thing to do. Why would someone go through all that trouble for a lie??/ My head cannot grasp such a thing. And to think, I spent the better part of the day feeling...

OMG... I cannot believe that I am going to even say it, ( and I am not being sarcastic) but FJ, I would have to agree with Jillio on this one. You can't have it both ways- what you are describing is a "perfect" world, in which there is not one. Like they have said, you are flip floping. I...

Here we go again... why is it that we simply agree to disagree. Despite what others may say, I have personally seen many, many CI children who are successful in their enviroment. That's a fact. Rick's daughter is one of them and back then, he chose the road less travelled. Stop saying that...

Faire Jour: Here's the deal... At least the way I see it.... A deaf child ANY deaf child- implanted or not, is only as successful as the parental involvement. Are the extremes? Yes, I do know of some who put their kid in therapy 3 to 4 times a week and then innudate them with vocabulary...

Rick: I couldn't agree with you more- I live in the same area as Rick does, and the schools for the Deaf here are definitely academicaly inferior- I have family members who work in one of them. My own family has sent their children (mind you with deaf parents, asl at home) and guess what- they...

Unfortunately, I agree with that and in today's budget cuts- they aren't always going to do what's in the child's best interest. With the economy the way it is, everyone is getting hit and looking for ways to save money.

Faire: My son is in mainstream placement without an interpreter since he's been 4 years old. Prior to that, he was in an oral program. I know of your situation (that is - if you are speaking about it) and in Miss Kat's case, I would have an interpreter (at least in the beginning).. My niece...

Great post and very true. It's not a CURE, you still have a deaf child. And yes, it's true, there are some parents who do implant with the false understanding that it's a cure- but these parents (from my own personal experiences) are far and few between. These are the same parents who implant...

:gpost:QUOTE=Daredevel7;1287423]Two issues are being blurred here. There is the issue of how well does the CI work and the indirect effects of having a CI (such as being treated like a hearing). Those two are completely different to me. The anti-CI people are angry about how the CI is treated...

Well then, you can totally appreciate this- we wound up having another set of twins 2 years later- but this time they were identicial. So I did have 4 in diapers all at once! Lucky me! :)....

That's a loaded question: til the day my mother died, she was against the implant. She really resented my son and did everything possible to point out to him how different he was. My dad, on the other hand, really came around. He truly has seen the benefits of the implant and is extremely...

I am the mother of the baby, Peter in the movie. The follow up does not feature my son at all- not because he's a "failure", but because he's older and has a twin brother and we didn't want him on camera again. If you have any questions, you a contact me.

I totally get where you are coming from.. I have a set of twins- one deaf & one hearing. My deaf son learned how to read using phonics and sounds and my hearing son learned how to read by sight and the old Dick and Jane books. He too, has CAPD, and could not read AT ALL using phonics. It took...

I have an 11 year old who was just re-implanted 2 weeks ago. I'll back up. My son was implanted in his right ear at 11 months old. He wanted to be bi-lateral when it was offered at 5 years old, so we did it - left ear. Then his right ear started to give him trouble. We felt he was at an age...

Oh Sweetie.. I completely understand!! We just found out that our son has to be re-implanted and it couldn't have come at a worse time- with sports and all. So we left the decision up to him and told him if he wanted to use only the one implant, we would understand and respect that decision...

That's what pisses me off.... I know a few Deaf people like that & it makes me angry. Like they are entitled to get it, even though there is nothing wrong with them at all. Just want to raise their children... It's bullshit in my opinion!

alley cat: In my son's case, no it is still part of his IEP..

Here's what I have seen personally from my experience. Once a child is implanted, the school district has increased services for speech therapy- heck even one school district is letting a child use his private Speech Therapist because he iwas just implanted in his other ear and the SLP was the...

That's a BIG generalization on your part