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Nah, you just thump the wall or floor to get his attention :)

This subject is interesting to me because I am hearing but my son is not. So it's all relatively new to me, and I'm forever worried about using the wrong word or capitalizing the wrong thing. One of the first things that came up when I started my job at CHS was to read the communication style...

Hi Suzanne, my son Harry is 5 1/2. He was identified as moderately-severe to profound through the Universal Newborn Hearing Screen. Here's a snapshot of his first audiogram - n.b. he has never got anywhere near a 40db threshold since then! Ha. He's usually around 55db at 500hz and then sloping...

Can't speak for anyone else, but I can tell you why I'm learning ASL... my son was born hard of hearing, he wears bilateral aids and is doing great with oral/aural, but we also had an ASL consultant teach us all ASL, sent him to an ASL preschool, and I quit my job to go to work at a service...

Possibly a dumb question, but everyone's in a meeting here so there's no one around I can ask... what is the sign for "champ" ? It seems to come up a lot! thanks :) jb

Where do you live? There are lots of orgs that might be able to help, but what's available varies hugely depending on where you are...

Maybe it's a regional thing, but I know a lot of voice-off people here in Toronto! Or maybe it's just the circles I hang out in...

I guess these days people almost don't need to write by hand ever anymore... everyone has email and texting and iThings and stuff. I hope he will be fine keyboarding! I'm a born worrier...

That's my kid to a tee... he can eat sushi with chopsticks and do grownup jigsaw puzzles and pick up a bug with tweezers, but his handwriting is off the charts. I think i would be less worried if his other fine motor was poor!! We watched "Spy Kids 4" a while ago, which I wouldn't exactly...

Warning super-long post ahead! Right now he is in a morning class with 4 other hh kids, and they use ASL in class (his teacher is hearing, but did her masters at Gallaudet). He doesn't sign there either! Just about the only signs he will use are "please" and "sorry." But I am constantly...

rockin'robin - what are their thresholds like at high frequencies? BoricuaChevere - that is really interesting that your handwriting improves when you can hear! Has anyone ever come up with an explanation for that?

He's five, so hasn't started cursive yet. His drawing/colouring are also pretty poor. He's right-handed. He's much better with a keyboard than he is with writing. It also occurred to me, he knows ASL (went to an ASL preschool for 2 years) but is often unwilling to use it - if I sign to him...

My son is hh, moderately-severe to profound, sloping (we figure he has a cochlear deazone around 3000-4000hz), and so far he's doing really great in school, great with reading and language and motor skills etc. etc., but his handwriting is atrocious and illegible and he gets upset if you even...

Bear? Really? I knew about Apple, but naming your kid Bear...

Time & date confirmed! The focus group will take place on 26 June at 2 o'clock. ASL-English interpreting will be provided, along with CART. Contact me to RSVP!

Date change! This will now be happening in June, date TBC... please spread the word & contact me to RSVP or if you would like more info!

Participants needed for Focus Group in Toronto (Canada)! Have you ever tried to watch videos on the internet and been frustrated by poor-quality captions – or maybe there were no captions at all? CHS is developing a captioning service for digital media (web videos etc.), and we need your...

i'm in! off to post on facebook!

hi there, i'm new to all deaf although i've lurked on and off for a while... i'm hearing, but my son is hard of hearing (sloping, moderately-severe to profound), was identified as a baby, and has had bilateral aids since he was 4 months old. he's now 5 years old and in junior kindergarten -...

where do you live, lisa? there's lots of support available, depending where you are... my son is hh (sloping, moderately-severe to profound) in both ears, has had bilateral aids since he was 4 months old. it's been a struggle at times, but he's doing great.