Saline Eyes
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Ask me anything (within reason) and I'll see what I can do about answering your questions.
Saline Eyes said:Ask me anything (within reason) and I'll see what I can do about answering your questions.
Saline Eyes said:Heard it in a song by Jars of Clay and it just stuck in my head.
Meg said:So you are not deaf?
My folks believed in total communication for the early part of my life. They learned PSE, enrolled me in a preschool deaf/hoh program, and I had intensive speech therapy as frequently as 5 days a week for the first few years of my life. Over time I just naturally elected to speak rather than sign while communicating with my family, and consequentially they lost their signing abilities. I did have an interpreter throughout my schooling career but I never signed, so my receptive skills are much better than my signing skills.Levonian said:Were you raised on ASL, SEE, strictly oral, or a combination of one or more of these?
Meg said:So you got a CI in August? I got mine in June. What do you think of it so far?
Saline Eyes said:I think for me it was the right decision. I am able to do things I was unable to do before. I can actually HEAR on the phone now. I'd attempted to do it before with hearing aids and could barely make out the difference between no and yes. I'm not brave enough yet to try talking on the phone with people I don't know (ie, unfamiliar voices) but that in itself is a major accomplishment for me. I could go on and on but I'll spare everyone the bother. No regrets here though.
Meg said:Same here. * smile *
Pomeranian said:Since you got your cute little kitties Meowwwwwwwwwwwwww. What are their names??
zesty said:are you in the rochester area?? and also did you attend rit and if yes, what year??
Saline Eyes said:Not a Rochestarian, but I was a student out there waaaaaay back in the day. (98)