The Importance of Communication
From one who’s been there, done that and has lots of relevant information and experiences to share, "Banjo"’s blog contains some noteworthy posts about deaf issues.
For these who are unfamiliar with deaf issues, you may be shocked to learn that some parents don’t bother learning how to sign with their children. In many cases, they take the doctor’s advice, which is usually the oral method. For children who were born deaf, it’s more likely to be highly difficult.
Hard-of-hearing children are radically different from the deaf when it comes to acquiring the spoken language of English. A deaf child cannot hear, even with a hearing aid, they will find it incredibly difficult to comprehend spoken words. Hearing aids are amplifiers, which is the downside, the more you amplify a sound, the lower the sound quality goes.
