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Hear and Now
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community Hey-out of curiosity-did anyone see "Hear and Now"? I watched it tonight and am curious as to what the viewers think! [link]
Art and Storytelling Fri, May 09 2008 · hide this blog

When did you learn ASL?
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community There are lots of discussions about language options here on DeafRead. This blog supports both ASL and spoken/written English. The age of acquision of language is critical to the fluency of that language. So my question this morning is, when did you learn ASL, was it your first or second language, and how did your age affect your ability to learn it?
Language Wed, May 07 2008 · hide this blog

The Difference between Hearing Aids and Cochlear Implants
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community I’ve seen many references on various blogs/comments that say that hearing aids are non-invasive, so they are a better choice than the cochlear implant. The implication is that the cochlear implant works the same as hearing aids. That is like comparing camels and horses. You can ride both of them. But horses work better on solid ground, and camels work better on sa...
Tech Thu, May 01 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf Identity for Deaf Children with CIs
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community On a recent visit to an oral deaf classroom in a hearing school, I was struck by the following things I observed in this school: -no deaf adults (no deaf teachers, deaf teaching assistants, no deaf administrators, no deaf service workers, etc) -no mention of ASL/deaf culture -no posters specifically about deaf people (history, sign language, advocacy) -many teachers/...
Language Education Tech Sun, Apr 27 2008 · hide this blog

What can we learn from THE ENEMY?
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community So the goal is to teach our implanted children how to speak and how to sign ASL. Now how do we get there? The first step in any campaign is to study the enemy. In this case, to find out what is successful about Auditory/Verbal Therapy (AVT) and Total Communication (TC). The best way to provide a successful ASL/CI model for our kids is to learn what is successful i...
Language Tech Tue, Apr 22 2008 · hide this blog

ASL students educate a hospital about Bilingualism
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community This is a great video created by ASL students at the University of Penn. There are quotes about the benefit of bilingualism incorporated with different video clips (from movies, TV, and YouTube). These ASL students will be using this film to educate staff members at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, a leading hospital for cochlear implants.Hooray! *hand waving*
Language Education Culture Wed, Apr 16 2008 · hide this blog

The Biggest Myths
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community The following discussion is specifically about profoundly deaf children. Earlier, on Jodi’s blog there was a discussion about myths and inaccuracies. One anonymous commenter chimed in with a comment about how much they disapprove of implanting babies. I know this blog is aimed at families who are already past this discussion, and are more interested in providing bo...
Language Tech Culture Mon, Apr 14 2008 · hide this blog

Support Group for Deaf Parent/s of CI Children: CICDA!
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community CICDA – Cochlear Implanted Children of Deaf Adults, a new parent support group is founded! To the deaf parents of CI child(ren) and those in process of receiving CI,-In what ways have members of the Deaf community reacted to your decision to implant your child?-What are your reasons for getting a CI for your child?-Are you trying to figure out the best choices for yo...
Tech Culture Sat, Apr 12 2008 · hide this blog

Faces of ASL CI Users
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Language Tech Culture Fri, Apr 11 2008 · hide this blog

What are your thoughts?
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community Good morning. It dawned on me over the weekend that it would be a lot easier to answer questions and clear up confusion if I actually knew what the questions and confusion was. So here is your chance to ask questions. Please try to limit them to cochlear implants, early language acquisition, or speech and sign language issues. I may not have the answers, but I wil...
Tech Culture Mon, Apr 07 2008 · hide this blog

Methodologies
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community As many of you know, while I support bilingualism, I myself do not know ASL at all. My daughter, who is almost 10 now, lost her hearing at 7 months of age, and was implanted just after her first birthday. We looked at all the early intervention programs, methodologies and school age programs, and went with Total Communication with Signing Exact English (TC-SEE). (see ...
Language Education Tech Tue, Apr 01 2008 · hide this blog

CI and Deaf-Blind Children
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community Within the Deaf/ASL Community, there are diverse group of people with different ways of being, and ways of orienteering through life. Some Deaf children are more visual than others, some children rely more on tactile, and others on their hearing aids or cochlear implants.There is a rising number of children who navigate through their lives from a combination of senses...
Language Tech Tue, Apr 01 2008 · hide this blog

Poem by an ASL-CI User
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community The Rectitude of the Deaf Community It saddens me, the ignorance of those in the Deaf Community.They fail to understand cochlear implant users and judge their every move.They are blind to see that they are so close-minded.Hypocrites! They are the ones that are so “hearing”, using ipods and hearing aids.Crabs! Rejecting those whom become successful.Audist! Judging thos...
Language Tech Culture Tue, Apr 01 2008 · hide this blog

Welcome!
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community Welcome to this new site! We have set up a place where deaf people with cochlear implants, educators, doctors, parents, and the general deaf community can come together to share stories, ask questions, and learn more about different issues related with the Cochlear Implant, Sign Language, and the Deaf community.Because of the long-standing controversial issues, some o...
Language Tech Culture Tue, Apr 01 2008 · hide this blog

Call for ASL-CI B/Vloggers!
The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community This is a call for all ASL-CI people for your contributions to this site.  We accept typed blogs and ASL vlogs.  Send them in to:ASLCIUSERS@gmail.comWe look forward to meeting you and sharing your work.  If you have a CI and use ASL, and you are interested in blogging or vlogging regularly, please create a GMAIL.com e-mail address, email us, and we'll add you to the l...
Language Tech Culture Tue, Apr 01 2008 · hide this blog