tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post3448015013521447165..comments2023-11-03T05:28:39.198-07:00Comments on The ASL-Cochlear Implant Community: When did you learn ASL?ASL CI Usershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433133951094001632noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-72062840701668433412019-12-13T05:15:54.532-08:002019-12-13T05:15:54.532-08:00It is my 1st visit to your blog. I read some posts...It is my 1st visit to your blog. I read some posts of the blog and got highly useful information admin, brilliant work, keep it up.<br /><a href="http://bestdealfurniture.center/" rel="nofollow">Furniture in Inwood Best Deal</a>best deal furnitureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436891756772201640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-89105106774356480802019-10-19T20:44:21.048-07:002019-10-19T20:44:21.048-07:00We want to say you that write more blogs as you wr...We want to say you that write more blogs as you wrote this blog "Hearing Aids" so I hope you will soon write like this, I am going to bookmark it read next posts, Keep it.<br /><a href="https://coteriebrooklyn.com/collections/cream-black-mudcloth" rel="nofollow">african mud cloth pillows indigo</a> Stitched By Grace Pillowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016140069966151492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-64978916520388588412008-05-08T23:05:00.000-07:002008-05-08T23:05:00.000-07:00I wasn't a native signer but was always very visua...I wasn't a native signer but was always very visual and a great lip-reader. I learned sign when I went to Aspen camp at age 14 and picked up rapidly and more so the more deaf people I met in the years on. I've always wished I learned ASL earlier but considering where I am now, I can't really complain! :DRachel BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005235660286735353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-60295596546505740912008-05-08T11:35:00.000-07:002008-05-08T11:35:00.000-07:00True... I'd say the more you interact the better y...True... I'd say the more you interact the better you will become or stay fluent. I lived in the deaf community for 5 years so I learned a lot. (in college 20 years ago - sheesh I feel old) If I was to learn today, it would be different, I'd struggle. I am still learning new words and often don't know because I do not interact as much I would have liked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-18416642939269324452008-05-08T05:20:00.000-07:002008-05-08T05:20:00.000-07:00Having deaf parents, I learned ASL from birth, mak...Having deaf parents, I learned ASL from birth, making me a native ASL speaker. <BR/><BR/>When I moved to Italy at 24 to do my internship there, learning LIS (Italian Sign Language) was tough (and absolutely fun). I lived with an Italian deaf family - so I would be signing LIS sun up and sun down. I'd get "eyeball" headaches at night and feel as if I ran a marathon every day - trying to understandraychellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752572849317253723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-36828138963442467272008-05-07T18:19:00.000-07:002008-05-07T18:19:00.000-07:00I grew up hard of hearing in mainstream schools. I...I grew up hard of hearing in mainstream schools. I did not take my first ASL class until I was 27 and already deaf. I had a very difficult time picking up ASL because I am an auditory learner. I am now a bilateral CI users and trying to learn ASL again. I get very frustrated with it. I do wish I had learned it as a young child.<BR/>ValerieValeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026325968244954541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-38854497578360983912008-05-07T16:13:00.000-07:002008-05-07T16:13:00.000-07:00I am 33 and just started learning ASL this year. ...I am 33 and just started learning ASL this year. After 8 months, I feel like I have the level of fluency a hearing 5-year-old would have in English, so I am not unhappy.<BR/><BR/>It definitely takes commitment, though. And watching Deaf sign (easier now with vlogs) and signing with Deaf is a crucial factor to learning quicker.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11615600285728746241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-11572795241576591152008-05-07T15:32:00.000-07:002008-05-07T15:32:00.000-07:00I grew up hard of hearing in an oral deaf family, ...I grew up hard of hearing in an oral deaf family, lipreading my way through life. I became deaf at the age of 19 and shortly after that, I learned ASL. ASL opened up my life--I began to meet many, many wonderful people that I didn't have access to before.Karen Putzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09098620301550608119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-82337480616632907892008-05-07T15:14:00.000-07:002008-05-07T15:14:00.000-07:00I am not sure if that question is directed to CI c...I am not sure if that question is directed to CI children/adults, but I am a byproduct of mainstreaming (which I suspect many CI children are placed in today's academics) so I will like to contribute my two cents.<BR/><BR/>I was born to a hearing family so my deafness wasn't diagnosed until just a few months before my third birthday (April 1988). My parents made the choice to immediately place megnarlydorkettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17089474600095019289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-53377736210003476162008-05-07T15:07:00.000-07:002008-05-07T15:07:00.000-07:00Hi, I'm a current bi-lateral CI and ASL user.I hes...Hi, I'm a current bi-lateral CI and ASL user.<BR/><BR/>I hesitate to say that ASL was my first language because I was taught in the SEE/PSE mode initially. I was stone deaf so my parents knew there was no hope of teaching me oral speech so they just focused on sign language. I turned out to be a good lip reader anyways, even though I had no formal training in it.<BR/><BR/>I got my Cis when i was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-75946479898977215382008-05-07T11:15:00.000-07:002008-05-07T11:15:00.000-07:00Thanks Suey,Great story. My daughter started out ...Thanks Suey,<BR/>Great story. My daughter started out with SEE and spoken English, and is just now starting to learn ASL. She just turned 10, so I think she should be able to learn ASL pretty easily. Especially if she gets lots of exposure to the Deaf Community. I'll let you all know her progress.K.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15901738024056889823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8832429991980542631.post-85049137698867817922008-05-07T10:54:00.000-07:002008-05-07T10:54:00.000-07:00I grew up oral, went to Clarke then left to go to ...I grew up oral, went to Clarke then left to go to public school. There, I started 6th grade in elementary school.<BR/><BR/>My parents put me in an Oral School for the Deaf because they wanted me to learn to lip read and speak at a young age, knowing it would be more difficult later. They pointed out that they knew anyone could learn ASL at a later age. That was the best choice my parents have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com