Malfoyish
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A question was raised in my mind yesterday when my four-year-old son explained to his best friend that Mommy did NOT have a boo-boo in her ear. The best friend was very mystified at the CI I wear, and didn't know what it was. My son took it upon him to explain what it was all about. It was very nice to see...
...and so I am wondering - for those of you who are deaf and have hearing children - do you find your hearing child to be more emotionally sensitive because you are hearing impaired or deaf? By this, I mean as opposed to other children who are hearing and do not have much of an idea how hearing aids or CI's work. Will your child be patient with you, will he or she be eager to explain to others "what that thing in Mommy's ear" is? OR - is your child easily frustrated and agitated when you do not understand what he or she is saying? Does your child get annoyed when he or she has to translate in stores, phone calls, et cetera.
Interesting too - CODA's (Children Of Deaf Adults) sometimes grow up to become interpreters, teachers for the deaf, or work within the deaf community somehow. Me personally - I think these individuals are blessed with a certain degree of understanding, being a CODA - and I find my children are WONDERFUL when they come into contact with other deaf children and/or adults. My daughter knows to speak slowly and to enunciate her words...my middle son knows to tap the person on the shoulder, and my four year old, for some reason, believes that he has to be LOOKED at to be understood.
Any thoughts on this from other parents out there? Also those of you who have hearing siblings, and so forth...
Discuss if you like!
...and so I am wondering - for those of you who are deaf and have hearing children - do you find your hearing child to be more emotionally sensitive because you are hearing impaired or deaf? By this, I mean as opposed to other children who are hearing and do not have much of an idea how hearing aids or CI's work. Will your child be patient with you, will he or she be eager to explain to others "what that thing in Mommy's ear" is? OR - is your child easily frustrated and agitated when you do not understand what he or she is saying? Does your child get annoyed when he or she has to translate in stores, phone calls, et cetera.
Interesting too - CODA's (Children Of Deaf Adults) sometimes grow up to become interpreters, teachers for the deaf, or work within the deaf community somehow. Me personally - I think these individuals are blessed with a certain degree of understanding, being a CODA - and I find my children are WONDERFUL when they come into contact with other deaf children and/or adults. My daughter knows to speak slowly and to enunciate her words...my middle son knows to tap the person on the shoulder, and my four year old, for some reason, believes that he has to be LOOKED at to be understood.
Any thoughts on this from other parents out there? Also those of you who have hearing siblings, and so forth...
Discuss if you like!