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Many of the surgeries I mentioned have to do with language. Babies with cataracts have trouble seeing, which impacts their ability to communicate and interact with the world. Babies with cleft palate and lips also have trouble speaking and communicating. Fused fingers could prevent a child from...

Well, children and babies undergo other types of surgery all the time for things like cleft lip and palate, webbed or fused fingers and toes, cataracts, etc., that they could survive without (because those surgeries didn't used to be options). Parents decide to have surgery done on their...

There are never going to be guarantees with implants, nor probably agreement about whether they're appropriate. All parents don't agree on immunizations or many other decisions regarding health. Most parents just try to give their kids the best chance of success as they see it but that's going...

The same can be said for those who say that implanting babies won't produce positive outcomes - or will prevent them - in the long run... Little data to back up that argument either. Seems like a good topic for a few studies. Although with HIPAA laws, an independent researcher finding those...

Well, there aren't many adults yet who were implanted as babies. According to an Internet search I just did, Cochlear implants were approved for children in the US around 1990, but I don't know when babies began receiving them. But even if the first Cochlear implant for a 12-month-old was done...

Do you also think police should know the Russian alphabet and a couple dozen Chinese and Japanese characters well enough to communicate with too? Expecting police to know even the sign alphabet just isn't realistic. It's a different language that they most likely would rarely use, and one that...

Exactly. Basically, except for being given the Miranda in writing, if someone is Deaf and cannot read English well or at all and uses sign language as their primary means of communication and they are arrested, they're probably going to have to wait until an interpreter is available for anything...

Can you tell us where and when this happened or any other information about it? I'd like to read about the case and find out how it turned out and if there were any penalties/consequences for that police department as a result. If someone's rights were violated and a police officer actually said...

Under federal law, if an interpreter is required, police departments can't ignore the ADA, which is why police departments and other organizations who do get sued. The size of the police department may be a factor in what happens after an arrest, as organizations with fewer than 15 employees...

If you don't like the term "disorder" then you may want to contact the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and ask them to change their name. I've heard that many black people consider the term "colored people" to be racist, but the NAACP hasn't changed their name...

And that's great for Deaf people who feel that way about themselves and are completely happy with being Deaf. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. However, if someone has a medical condition like otosclerosis or excess fluid or an injury that is causing certain types of deafness and CAN...

Hoichi, what you or any other Deaf person have gone through or what you were forced to do in the past has nothing to do with me. I've been hoh my whole life and have never felt sorry for myself for it, but I also don't apologize for still being able to hear. Just because I use my voice and ears...

If the parents can't afford to provide fresh drinking water (without stealing it and threatening people with a gun when they refuse to allow you to steal it), something more than a shack with a tarp over it to live in, and basic sanitation for their 10 children, then maybe they should stop...

The mother is 5 months pregnant with child #11. (http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/kentucky-free-range-family-loses-custody-of-10-kids-over-apparent-unschooling/) I would think the parents will at minimum need to show that they can provide safe drinking water for their children before they can...

In a previous post of yours, you wrote... "When i first went to Deafie school, i was given a choice by Deafie who became close.life long.friends with me. take the aids off your Deaf or hearie cant be both...reflecting on it now, there was 5 of them and one of me i made the smart choice, and...

So, you were bullied/pressured by a particular group of Deaf people into throwing away your hearing aids because they didn't think you were "Deaf enough" and that was Ok with you, and now you think it's OK to do to other deaf people? That attitude (you have to behave THIS ONE way, or we won't...

I googled "tinnitus mapped on human brain" and came up with the article linked below. Maybe this is what Soutthpaw meant to use? It's has some interesting information, and I hope it will prompt more similar studies to see if the results lead to something that can help people with tinnitus. I...

I've lived in New England all my life, and never minded being called a Yankee or a Yank, at least not that I recall - it hasn't happened to me in a long time. I think people from the northeastern part of the country, especially, are generally proud of being called Yankees. I guess it's a bit...

Yes, but the provision of special services by school districts to homeschooled students is handled differently by each state. Some states basically say that if you decide to homeschool a child, then you give up the services provided by the school district for an IEP, and that if you want those...

Just an FYI, here's state-by-state hearing health insurance mandates regarding hearing aids for children and/or adults. I'm very lucky to live in NH, which has some of the best insurance coverage for hearing aids for adults (up to $1500 per hearing aid every 5 years)...