Re: Letting go..

[Guest guest]

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Deaf people without hearing aids or cochlear implants are allowed to drive.

They can proove themselves just like others. No they can't hear a siren but

they can usually see it comming long before others. Personally I can't usually

hear a siren anyway until after I see it. Anyway it doesn't matter if they have

a CI or a hearing aid or neither they can still get a drivers license.

Re: Letting go..

My daughter is 14 & she is talking about driving, I guess the age is coming

for drivers ed in school--i am wondering how this all works. I have an

aquaintance whos daughter wears a cochlear & she is driving---i dont get

that---can

they her the car honk-----????? Will my daughter hear that???? she has

moderate

to severe hearing loss & that will always freak me out when the time comes.

[Guest guest]

,

Deaf people without hearing aids or cochlear implants are allowed to drive.

They can proove themselves just like others. No they can't hear a siren but

they can usually see it comming long before others. Personally I can't usually

hear a siren anyway until after I see it. Anyway it doesn't matter if they have

a CI or a hearing aid or neither they can still get a drivers license.

Re: Letting go..

My daughter is 14 & she is talking about driving, I guess the age is coming

for drivers ed in school--i am wondering how this all works. I have an

aquaintance whos daughter wears a cochlear & she is driving---i dont get

that---can

they her the car honk-----????? Will my daughter hear that???? she has

moderate

to severe hearing loss & that will always freak me out when the time comes.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/2004 2:17:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,

gjstarfish@... writes:

<<My daughter is 14 & she is talking about driving, I guess the age is coming

for drivers ed in school--i am wondering how this all works. I have an

aquaintance whos daughter wears a cochlear & she is driving---i dont get

that---can

they her the car honk-----????? Will my daughter hear that???? she has

moderate

to severe hearing loss & that will always freak me out when the time comes.>>

This made me laugh. Sorry. It's not that your concern isn't legitimate, it's

just that my son will be 5 next month, and he is ALREADY making plans for

when he turns 16 and will be driving. His choice of car has changed many times,

but based on the stories he tells, he definitely plans on being a fast,

wreckless driver. I only wish I could have waited until he was 14 to start

worrying

about this! LOL.

~Rhonda~

Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 4 1/2, CII 6-11-02

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/2004 2:17:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,

gjstarfish@... writes:

<<My daughter is 14 & she is talking about driving, I guess the age is coming

for drivers ed in school--i am wondering how this all works. I have an

aquaintance whos daughter wears a cochlear & she is driving---i dont get

that---can

they her the car honk-----????? Will my daughter hear that???? she has

moderate

to severe hearing loss & that will always freak me out when the time comes.>>

This made me laugh. Sorry. It's not that your concern isn't legitimate, it's

just that my son will be 5 next month, and he is ALREADY making plans for

when he turns 16 and will be driving. His choice of car has changed many times,

but based on the stories he tells, he definitely plans on being a fast,

wreckless driver. I only wish I could have waited until he was 14 to start

worrying

about this! LOL.

~Rhonda~

Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 4 1/2, CII 6-11-02

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/14/2004 2:17:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,

gjstarfish@... writes:

<<My daughter is 14 & she is talking about driving, I guess the age is coming

for drivers ed in school--i am wondering how this all works. I have an

aquaintance whos daughter wears a cochlear & she is driving---i dont get

that---can

they her the car honk-----????? Will my daughter hear that???? she has

moderate

to severe hearing loss & that will always freak me out when the time comes.>>

This made me laugh. Sorry. It's not that your concern isn't legitimate, it's

just that my son will be 5 next month, and he is ALREADY making plans for

when he turns 16 and will be driving. His choice of car has changed many times,

but based on the stories he tells, he definitely plans on being a fast,

wreckless driver. I only wish I could have waited until he was 14 to start

worrying

about this! LOL.

~Rhonda~

Mom to Audrey, 7, hearing & Neal, 4 1/2, CII 6-11-02

[Guest guest]

my son has a cochlear implant and he can hear the horns honking,

sirens and all that stuff. He usually hears it before I do and tells

me to watch out for the moving hospital (ambulance). He is almost 11

and still calls it that just to aggravate me.

When he wore aids he could hear horns and all too. Aided he tested

at 20-35 dB.

Elaine