I couldin't believe my ears.

[Guest guest]

Hi friends,

Last night I was on the phone with a mom that I had become friendly with

last year. She has always claimed that her son was Autistic. Last night

when I told her how well

was doing with her new hearing aids she told me that she knew her son

was HOH but felt he could over come (compensate)with Lovas-ABA Therapy. I

have been so sad ever since. It is just unbelievable to me that a parent

would choses to make there child live in a world without the advantage of

hearing.

When we were at NIH my husband discovered that he was hard of hearing.

He has spent his whole life compensating for this loss and he has really

missed a lot. He has taught himself everything he needed to know by teaching

himself since 1st grade. Until I understood how hard things were for him I

really though he was ignoring me. We would argue about the weirdest things.

Last week he did something that really hurt my feelings and he kept

arguing his point. I finally told him that he didn't understand. When I say

my feelings are hurt he needs to answer that he is sorry not argue. He

started to cry because he felt so bad about not understanding me.

I am blown away by all of this. Am I crazy or what, Is there something

wrong with hearing aids that I don't understand? Somebody please explain

this to me.

Sheri