Your opinion on sign language

[Guest guest]

Hey everybody-

I am JUST curious to see what is all of your opinion on sign language.

I mean, do you consider it to be a crutch?

Words won't break my bones. Be brutally honest. I want to hear them

all. I look forward to hearing to all of your opinions.

[Guest guest]

:

I used signs before I got my CI in 1988 and today signs are a bridge between

me and my deaf friends. Signs are a language and a way to communicate.

For safety reasons, It might be wise to teach CI children some signs so you

can communicate with them when they are not wearing their speech processors.

Nan

Rosensweig

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[Guest guest]

I am not sure why you asked or what you mean by " crutch " but I will answer

anyway. I had been profoundly deaf since birth and grew up as oral deaf,

then I started to sign while I was at Gallaudet College. Even though I am

still oral deaf, signing is a nice back up communcation to reinforce what I

missed by lip reading alone.

My sister asked me the other day, asking me why am I still " forcing " my

daughters to sign to me if I can hear so well now. I told her that I would

never

force my kids to but they grew up signing to me and I was not implanted

until they were adult so it's a habit to them. I will never be able to

discriminate speech alone without lip reading because of the way my brain is

" wired "

-- visual communicator; sign language is still a blessing to have. After

all, we don't wear our CI 24/7, so it helps to have that skill during our " down

time. " .

Did my answer help?

Lee

Your opinion on sign language

Posted by: " riskygirl3002 " nah1248@... riskygirl3002

Thu May 15, 2008 11:22 pm (PDT)

Hey everybody-

I am JUST curious to see what is all of your opinion on sign language.

I mean, do you consider it to be a crutch?

Words won't break my bones. Be brutally honest. I want to hear them

all. I look forward to hearing to all of your opinions.

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