Blog of the Week: The Greatest Irony
Tuesday March 20, 2007
In her signed vlog masterpiece (a transcript is thoughtfully provided), "The Greatest Irony," Amy Cohen Efron discusses and contrasts the benefits of baby sign language for hearing babies with the auditory verbal training given to deaf babies. For example, she notes that one of the objectives of baby sign language for hearing children is that it reduces frustration; auditory verbal therapy does not have the same objective. The irony is that while the hearing babies are encouraged to sign, the deaf babies have to use whatever hearing they have, without sign language. This vlog is must viewing.
Comments
The apporiate title of your blog posting ought to be the “VLOG of the Week”, not BLOG!
Robert L. Mason (RLM)
It should be read as “Vlog of the Year.”
I second Jean. This should be distrbuted in the Audiology/Speech Clinics, Cochlear Implant Centers, and multiple deaf organizations.
I third Jean and agreeing with MishkaZena on sending this to all of those organizations she mentioned.
This coming from a person with CI, but cannot imagine teaching deaf children WITHOUT ASL!!
We cannot do that – because of different results with each CI, we cannot assume every one will benefit from their CIs to the FULLEST.
ASL combined with AVT for CI children is a MUST… M-U-S-T.
We cannot sit and wait 10 years only to see suffering in deaf/hoh children’s deteriorating education.
That’s absolutely NOT ACCEPTABLE.
ASL/English CAN be taught with proper Bilingual program.
Your children will be smarter in that program!
This way, it is fair for those deaf/hoh children who do NOT have CI or hearing aids, or do not benefit from them – it is totally unfair to them.
I also feel hearing children would benefit from ASL in class as well.
More jobs for deaf/hoh teachers to teach in various subjects other than just teaching ASL!
I mean…that’s no brainer, isn’t it?
Everyone gets smarter!!!
Excellent. I can’t think of a better discription of the irony of teaching a hearing baby to sign and not a child with a hearing loss.
I was subject to auditory verbal therapy and it was hell! Any child with a hearing loss should have access to the different available modalities and let them decide which is best for them as adults. It will save alot of anger in the end.
It like my old days at the New York League for the Hard of Hearing (Now called League for Hard of Hearing)