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<blockquote data-quote="Lissa" data-source="post: 1819507" data-attributes="member: 21714"><p>Welcome!! I too come from Britain!! My hearing loss was confirmed as severe-profoundly deaf at 9 months but my mum suspected I had hearing loss from 7 months. Spoken English has always been my first language growing up, although it took me many years to learn to speak. I went to a school for the deaf and was put in an oral class, and I did great, loved the school and mainstreamed some days at the local mainstream school with just an FM system. Even though I had the littlest amount of hearing loss, I compensated by lipreading, reading body language and looking at other kids' work. Anyway my hearing was bad enough for a CI, so myself and my parents decided to get me an implant at the age of 10 1/2 and even since my listening skills has improved. I can hold conversations without lipreading(in quiet environment), I work in a hearing nursery and I don't do too bad understanding the kids. I have never really been involved in the Deaf community, my signs are not that fluent enough etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Lissa, post: 1819507, member: 21714"] Welcome!! I too come from Britain!! My hearing loss was confirmed as severe-profoundly deaf at 9 months but my mum suspected I had hearing loss from 7 months. Spoken English has always been my first language growing up, although it took me many years to learn to speak. I went to a school for the deaf and was put in an oral class, and I did great, loved the school and mainstreamed some days at the local mainstream school with just an FM system. Even though I had the littlest amount of hearing loss, I compensated by lipreading, reading body language and looking at other kids' work. Anyway my hearing was bad enough for a CI, so myself and my parents decided to get me an implant at the age of 10 1/2 and even since my listening skills has improved. I can hold conversations without lipreading(in quiet environment), I work in a hearing nursery and I don't do too bad understanding the kids. I have never really been involved in the Deaf community, my signs are not that fluent enough etc. [/QUOTE]

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