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I am VERY happy with how he is progressing with both. Since he was deafened postlingually, his speech has remained "at age appropriate levels" and I am struggling to keep up with his ASL. He's ALWAYS teaching me new signs and quite often signs/speaks at the same time! I think the reason that...

Sadly, the special needs class is "water play" and not swimming instruction.

He is in an amazing total communication program as has speech and sign! I'm very thankful for the program!

No more than I feel sorry for someone for having blonde hair or brown eyes or any other characteristic. Edited to Add: It took me a while to get there. My son's hearing loss was quite a shock.

Agreed. LEA and Audi both gave us the options, but I can only speak for my experience in California. No clue how it's done elsewhere. :)

I'd be LIVID if I was not provided all the options. Sadly, many people are too naive and/or uneducated to research everything before making a decision and take medical professionals opinion as fact. I support any parent's choice, but only when they are an educated and researched choice.

I signed my son (age 3) up for swimming lessons at the local pool. Without his hearing aids, he can hear virtually no verbal language. On the first day, I told the teacher of his hearing diffuculties and she assured me that it wouldn't be a problem. I even offered to stay close by the side...

In that case, I feel VERY fortunate that was not my experience with the medical community and my son. All options were spelled out for us and we were given mentors/resources, etc. for ALL options.

My name is Katie and I am the Mom to two spectacular boys, Luke age 5 (hearing) and Noah age 3 (progressive hearing loss, now deaf). Noah was born with a cleft palate and a minor hearing loss in one ear which has progressed to a profound loss in his R ear and a moderate-severe loss in his L...

My son was given a name sign when he entered his Deaf/Hard of Hearing preschool. His is the "N" handshape shaken near his eyes.

My son originally had a medical alert bracelet for his peanut allergy and when he lost his hearing, we had that added as well. He is three now though, so a bit younger than your grandson