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Hi Cheri, Thank you for sharing your personal experiance. It must have been cool to have a twin sister to grow up with. Very unique, I bet there is a doctor out there right now trying to think up some kind of twin language study to do. Don't let them near you! LOL. We're taking ASL...

Here is a link to some collected posts in the About.com forum as to why some parents don't learn ASL for their deaf child. http://deafness.about.com/od/newtodeafness/a/nonsigningpars.htm -SarahsDad

I agree completely. We're making sure that we land in the 20% of parents that learn ASL. I'm wondering about the rest of the familiy. How does the child interact with them if they don't learn ASL and what is that experiance like. I haven't seen any statistics at all about ther percentage of...

Hi Liebling, Thanks so much for you reply. I'm sorry that your parents didn't learn sign. It's not that uncommon, :hug:. I know that learing another language can be difficult, especially as we get older. I've been trying with slow success to learn Spanish. My fear is that I will be slow...

A big factor affecting the CI decision for our child is what her experience will be like growing up as the only Deaf person in a hearing family. A Deaf friend told me that at times, she felt isolated, frustrated, and left out. Sometimes she would be wondering what the joke was that everyone...

Sorry Cheri, I don't mean to offend anyone here. I do appreciate your opinions. They are the only way we can understand both sides of the issue. I do understand that there are many parents here. What I wanted to say was that if one is a parent and has experienced that kind of love, then...

Hi R2D2, So sorry, my mistake. :Oops:. Now I understand the R2D2 handle. We have a terrible time with hearing aid feedback since the gain is cranked way up due to profound loss. By the way, I love the picture with your posts. Thanks, SarahsDad

Hi Leibling:-))), You are right. CI is not emergency surgery. I compared CI with schooling only because they are both best taken advantage of when a child is young. Once a child has grown I think much opportunity is lost since the brain acquires language at an early age. The best time to...

Cloggy, Thanks so much. Your reply is important to me since you have been in our exact situation, desperate to make the right choice for your child. I'm happy that things have worked out well for your daughter and family. It's obvious that you are informed and did not make the CI decision...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and responding to our post. I still can't get over how great a resource this forum is. rockdrummer, we appreciate you starting this thread and also your effort to keep it on topic. Internet search engines like Google will let people from around the world...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. My beautiful little girl Sarah just turned two. She is profound bilateral deaf and currently using hearing aids. As yet, hearing aids have not helped much. Sarah's mom and I are both hearing and are trying to decide if CI is right for our family. We're grateful...

Thanks everyone for all your good advice and suggestions. We have Deaf and Hard of Hearing come over every Wednesday, and take Sarah to Early Intervention schooling. We're also very luck to live close to the John Tracy Center which is a great resource. Alas, with all the help and intervention...

Hi Everyone, We're having a problem getting my 2 year old daughter to vocalize. She has a profound bilateral hearing loss, but is getting some help with hearing aids. She does hear some sounds in the speach banana. Does anyone have any suggestions on how we might encourage her to make...

Hi Everyone, I'm Sarah's Dad. She is 2yrs old and has profound bilateral deafness. I'm looking for help in how I can best help her. -SarahsDad