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There could be another explanation for why Jesus gave the deaf man hearing. Mark Chapter 7:32 says, "And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him." The deaf man did not come to Jesus himself and ask to be "healed"...

I feel like I need to explain my previous post a little better. When my husband and I were married, I knew very little Sign Language so when we argued, I was forced to do it very slowly and often gave up. It made me realize that my relationship with him was more important than trying to make my...

I know that Cloggy is trying to make his point about how great it is to hear, and I do understand his passion because there are many good reasons for being able to hear. On the other hand, it's really something when you can yell at your kids while they are in the other room (sorry, I had a...

Why is talking through a brick wall better than signing to someone face to face? I can talk to you on the computer and I have no idea where you are.

Without knowing exactly what a person went through, what went on inside the person's head, and what other factors contributed to the person "giving up", I have difficulty viewing it as a problem. I also probably have difficulty feeling sorry for people who cannot hear or who do not want to...

I'm wondering how information received on a message board is better than information received from one's doctor, or even better, the information one receives from his/her own head and heart. I participate on a religious forum and have the same question when someone believes everything they read...

I'm not sure if it is a shame. Try to imagine yourself as a deaf person who has been living in silence for many years, perhaps all of your life. Many people who can hear tell you how wonderful it is to hear, and you learn about this wonderful device that will help you to have this wonderful...

This is assuming of course that the person decides for CI and expects to hear without any work. I doubt that anyone expects this. I realized after I made my assumption in my husband's case that I shouldn't have made the assumption at all, especially when someone is going to pick up on that...

I agree and this is one reason why I started my blog, so that my friends and family can become more aware, at least in my little world. I hope they read it. It's a slow process making people aware because most of them are so busy with their own families and their own challenges of life that they...

It was the same for me before I met my husband. (I can only talk about my husband because he is all I really know about being deaf.) I had no associations or knowledge about deafness or Deaf Culture, and everyone in my circle of friends and family were just as ignorant. My husband has opened my...

I think to say "I wish for my child (or any person) to be hearing/deaf." is ok to say IF the person him/herself wishes to be that way. To wish for a child to hear when the child has no clue about either world is implying that you think it is better to hear than to be deaf. To wish for a child to...

My husband became deaf at age seven. His parents wanted him to fit into the hearing world. He was picked on in school because he was deaf. I became fat around age seven. My parents wanted me to be thin. I was picked on in school because I was fat. My husband spent most of his life trying...

This is a trick question. I do not know how to answer it. I am past child bearing years now anyway, so I can't answer it, really. I was born and raised hearing and in a hearing world. There are many wonderful sounds in this world, but I also was raised hearing things I wish I had never heard...

I am hearing, but I think I can answer this for my husband who is deaf. His natural deaf voice is deep and loud. He is unaware of course except for the first time we went to church together and he spoke in the chapel just before church started. Most adults in church didn't notice, but the...

I want to thank you all for giving me the courage to ask my husband once again why he hasn't wanted to go to our deaf church. I wrote about it in my blog because my family and friends hopefully read it, and you can read it there if you wish. I'm not sure what to feel right now. It's a mixture of...

Thank you ITPjohn. (The link is on my blog :) The LDS Church has quite a few video tapes, including a long list of signs that are unique to the Church. We have all of those tapes as well as a DVD of ASL hymns. I wouldn't be able to interpret anything for him without those unique signs. The...

I agree that I can't push him and I don't want to do that. He's been dealing with this all of his life and it's helpful for me to understand a little of his reasoning. So I appreciate this forum. He usually tells me, "You can't do anything about people's attitudes." That may be true for some...

On the positive side (there always is one), I believe there is a reason why we are suppose to go to our hearing church, even though it frustrates me to no end. Because of a recent opportunity where my husband was the speaker in church and I signed a hymn (I wrote about it in my blog), the people...

My husband did tell me one time that many deaf people think a deaf person should not marry a hearing person, and he gave me the impression that this is one reason why he doesn't want to go to go to our deaf church. I guess he feels the people do not accept him because he married me or maybe he...