Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 this is the best one I could come up with: sometimes when my daughter is in new or noisy places with me, she likes to use sign - even though she's oral. I think she sees it as a " secret language " between her and her mummy. we were in line at the grocery store and we were signing back and forth. The child behind us asked here mommy what we were doing, and the woman replied to her " well, that little girl uses her hands to talk because she's deaf. Deaf people can't speak " I couldn't resist gently correcting her and asking Emma to say hello to the little girl using her voice. I wasn't upset, it gave me the chance to correct a misconception! Patti (mom to Emma Kate, 4.5, CI & HA) __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Patti -- good for you! I think the funniest thing I heard from a very smart man (an award- winning neurobiologist!) was when I told him that was going to get a cochlear implant and he said with a look of concern, " Does this mean he will lose the ability to sign? " :-) Lydia > this is the best one I could come up with: > > ... > I couldn't resist gently correcting her and asking > Emma to say hello to the little girl using her voice. > I wasn't upset, it gave me the chance to correct a > misconception! > > Patti (mom to Emma Kate, 4.5, CI & HA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Our " worst " thing that was said was actually said by an ENT that our pediatrician sent us to during our evaluation/discovery phase when my daughter was 2 1/2. My daughter had just failed her first two hearing tests and our pediatrician sent us to the ENT for further evaluation. During our first (and last) visit to this ENT, she said " Now Mom, I'd don't know why you're even bothering to talk to her, she CAN'T hear you. " Now maybe that was true that she couldn't hear me clearly, but she was my baby girl, and how can anyone expect you not to talk to your child. In addition to this, she sent our pediatrician a letter as a follow-up (she'd sent us for multiple tests), and in closing said the following " Thank you, again, for involving me in the care of this unfortunate child. " OOOh, that made me so mad. Hogan (mom to Cody, 13, hearing and Jordan, 9 3/4, moderately-severe bilateral loss) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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