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You are the best! :ty:

I have never been the most popular mom. Me thinks it is getting ready to get worse!

Wish I would have read this before I PMd you...Feel free to post that here, I don't know how to..goes right along with what you just said!

Sad, no?

Shel, We definitely need more like you! As opposed to Samantha's teacher who told us she (Samantha) does not legally qualify for modified grading scale because she has no medical diagnosis! ( We only agreed to it so the teacher would be able to spend one on one time with her, not for the grades)...

Absolutely.

:gpost: Jillio

I agree with you, Oceanbreeze. However, I can see how it can get to where you would feel that way... Shel, That's pretty cool you two have reached that common ground.

OH, how i wish!! Great time had by all...:lol:

:giggle: come meet my Samantha...

I agree that it sounds like extremism...But when put into context with where this thread has gone, I can also understand it. Implant your kid, make them oral, and do away with deafness!!

Yep, agreed.

I was told the same, even believed it in the beginning. Do not misunderstand me here, for some it DOES work. However, I DO believe that being deaf one relies more on visual cues. Some more than others, obviously. My daughter being one of those. So, I of course want her to have oral skills...

:laugh2::laugh2: Conform, Pepsi!!

Pepperidge Farms Chessman cookies, yum! Nothing better than those and a diet coke (sorry) while reading :D

How about from a different perspective? What if I continue to push my child..correct every sentence, every time she speeks..etc. One day she wakes up and looks at me and says enough!! Takes the implants off and never wants to try again?! Point is (and I really am not trying to argue) I feel...

Totally agree!

:giggle: ER always has a ring cutter available for that..

My daughter was diagnosed severe/profound at birth. HAs at 3 mos with INTENSIVE speech therapy. First implant at 15 months (earliest we could get it approved at the time) Mainstreamed in pre-school at 2.5 years of age. Oral only. She was recently implanted on right side - July. As yet has not...

Umm, wait and see if oral only takes...?