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I was waiting on line at L.L.Bean this morning when Li tugged at my arm and whispered "awesome, look at that!" I swiveled around and was trying to figure out who or what was so awesome, and she piped up with "excuse me, where did you get those" -- looking up at the back of the distinguished...

The OP initially said (see title of this thread) "I have normal hearing, but I met this girl..." and then later said he was a grown up. So I answered with options for both possibilities, one answer if she's a girl, one if she's an adult.

If you are an adult, and she is just a girl, as you first mention, I'd be a bit careful -- maybe talk with her parents first if you have questions -- I know my daughter has been warned about talking with strangers. They will let you know her preferred communication method. Otherwise, if she's...

Check your nearest school for the deaf: A nearby school for the deaf may provide ASL classes to the community -- ours does. The teachers are always deaf, in my experience there, and while the majority of classmates are parents and siblings of deaf kids, sometimes new teachers/staff are there...

No, I've come across a lot of well-meaning people, but not anyone who thinks there's a cure for deafness or that we should be seasoning our daughter.

Bat serum.

Exactly!

It's a really clever web series. I think she pretty much nails her character accurately. Figured this might be relevant to your questions. What do you think, is she a good example of an "oral success" given the way she fakes, acts, and pretends to be a hearie, despite being deaf?

It's tricky, bc some schools may interpret bi-bi differently. In this case, TLC teaches in ASL, and student interaction is in ASL, and yet they place an emphasis on English in all classes: written English, not spoken. There's also a strong emphasis on bi-culturality, respecting Deaf culture...

These are profoundly deaf kids. Spoken language isn't accessible for all but a very few (let's say 2-3 of the 20-30) students in each grade. To teach that handful who can hear some sounds using some form of technology (HAs/CIs) in English would be impractical given that volume, and given the...

As FF says, if you want your child's classes to be taught in English and his/her interactions with other children to be in English, why send them to a bi-bi School for the Deaf where most teachers are deaf and all but 2 or 3 children in a grade of 20-30 have no access to speech sounds even if...

You describe an "oral success" in terms of "faking", "pretending" and "acting." In this video, Sophie is a deaf actor pretending to be a hearing actor who is pretending to be deaf: Deaf Faker. Episode 1. Sophie Woolley - YouTube I've found that people I know well who are deaf and consider...

By someone who 'fakes it' okay, do you mean a deaf person who never tells anyone he or she is deaf and pretends to be a hearie? I think my father did that somewhat -- even our own family wasn't aware of his hearing loss as a young man. But I don't think he was 'faking' -- I doubt even he...

What do you mean by "oral success"? Someone who feels like he or she can succeed in a primarily oral environment, whether using spoken, written, or signed language (or by lip-reading, as you mentioned)? Or someone who is successfully able to use spoken language (both listening and speaking)...

That's my girl! I was so happily surprised to see that, thanks FF! But, I have to correct one thing -- in this video they all emphasize that ASL is THE language of instruction and interaction, this place is for Deaf culture. There's no spoken language after 1st grade, it's all voices off...

I know many 'voices-off' Deaf in New England region -- I may be seeing an unusual selection of Deaf, but in the Deaf circles I see, those who use ASL to communicate and do not use their voices are a majority. Perhaps you are including those like yourself who have a mild - moderate hearing loss...

Maybe she can take a year and start the program in 2013, after she's had time to make arrangements and plan. Cornell's early acceptance program usually admits at the end of soph. year in college, and requires admittees to spend their junior year focused on a project or research to develop...

Online communities don't always reflect real-life perspectives, they can sometimes be a haven for extremist views and behavior. I value it, but I find the majority of opinions here on Alldeaf to be quite different in many cases from what individuals in the Deaf community express in my everyday...

Sure they do. You probably haven't encountered it given that you have far less of a hearing loss than those who are deaf, but going "voices off" without attempting to work on speech development is an option -- a valid option -- for profoundly deaf children today. I know many children who are...

Yes. DD, stating that a deaf child cannot function without CIs is offensive not just to that child and parent, but to all deaf children. Do you really believe this statement?