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I had a very similar unilateral hearing loss when I was her age (severe loss in my right ear and a mild loss in the left), but my hearing loss wasn't discovered until I was 6 years old (the first time my hearing was tested). I had some of the same issues she's having (not being able to hear well...

I'm hoh, and I didn't tell anyone off. If you read my posts, you'll see that I suggested he talk to his mother to try to find out what's bothering her, since he seems confused by her behavior. Someone else mentioned it sounded like it was a toxic situation, so maybe you have me confused with...

Yes, I did read his post. It doesn't matter if he's 22 years old or 42 years old. If he's expecting his mother to help pay for college, then she should expect to have some say in where he goes. If he's 22 years old and still living at home with his mother and dependent on her to help support...

Arguing between parent and child over college doesn't necessarily mean it's a "toxic state." It's going to be up to him to decide whether he feels it would be more worthwhile to cut all ties and pay his way or to try to find common ground/understanding with his mother regarding college. Once he...

Are you going to be paying for your college tuition, room and board, books, etc., or is your mother going to be paying for them? If you're expecting your mother to pay for them, or even to help pay for them, then she has a right to have a say in where you go to college and whatever else her...

If ASL users can communicate well with the 99% of people who don't know ASL, then why do they need interpreters? If someone who communicates with ASL came up to me and started talking using ASL and there was no interpreter with them and we had no other means of communicating (texting, writing...

I don't need cochlear implants now, but I'm losing my hearing, so there's a chance I may want them in the future, so I'm trying to find out more about them. I like hearing, so I'm going to prefer an option that will allow me to keep hearing, if I need that option someday. I'm not "pushing"...

The National Institutes of Health is 80% funded through grants, so taxpayers pay for most of their studies. (http://www.nih.gov/about/budget.htm) We don't know anything about deafdyke's supposed studies because she hasn't provided any links for where her information came from. Anecdotal stories...

deafdyke, please provide links that support your statistics, otherwise we don't know if you're just making them up or if you are quoting them correctly. For instance, this statement of yours is wrong and I'm not sure what it has to do with the other things you said, or where you got the...

hoichi, even if cochlear implants were being given away for free and didn't involve any surgery, I get the feeling you'd still be trying to convince late-deafened people that they shouldn't get them and that they should switch to ASL instead. The bottom line seems to be that you as a Deaf...

That's really great that they ask for your input :)

I could definitely see how closed captioning in the classroom and at home would help ALL children who are learning to read. I just wish closed captioning was more accurate in general. Sometimes it's just a bunch of nonsense letters, and sometimes CC only shows half of what is being said (the...

I'd be interested in links to the studies you mentioned too, if you can provide them. HOH-ME didn't say that ALL people who wear cochlear implants have 100% hearing. HOH-ME said only that many do, so that implies that many do not. I don't see anything incorrect in what was said. I don't...

It has absolutely nothing to do with what I want. I don't have children, I'm not deaf, I don't know anyone with a deaf child, and I don't make the rules about cochlear implants, so my opinions on the entire subject don't make any difference in the grand scheme of things. I just know that...

Technology is something people use every day. Do you use electricity? A phone? A computer? Watch TV? Do you have central heating in your home (instead of a wood stove)? Do you cook your food on an electric or gas stove or in a microwave? Do you use a refrigerator? Do you use a washing machine to...

But what you told him is not true. ASL isn't superior to using cochlear implants just because no wires or drilling is involved. Wires and drilling and artificial equipment are involved in lots of other surgical procedures such as dentistry/implants/braces; hip/knee replacements; spinal surgery...

hoichi, here's what you said (copied from my earlier post): What you said implies that you think he shouldn't get a cochlear implant (because there would be no wires or drills). ASL may be great for you, but as I said, it doesn't allow Deaf people to communicate with 99% of people who don't...

Lots of people aren't completely satisfied with the quality of sound they get from their hearing aids. However, for most of them, just throwing away their hearing aids and going with ASL instead isn't a realistic or good option. Most hoh people don't even wear hearing aids, and many people who...

hoichi, I really think you ought to get a cochlear implant and stop using sign language. Cochlear implants are better and will. set. you. free. How about if you ever need a hip or knee replacement, you just go without? (so much better than having your hip or knee replaced by artificial metal)...