Rachel at ASL class
My daughter and I go to the high school American Sign Language class every year, to talk about cochlear implants. She has a speech she reads, then I talk about hearing, how she lost hers, why we chose the implant for her, and what needs to happen after implantation for her to learn how to hear. I put the camera in video mode and filmed her speech. It is about 4 minutes long.
posted by K.L. | 6:35 AM
10 Comments:
How smart!! Listen to her! I can't wait, this year I think my son (he'll be seven) will be old/mature enough to do my speeches w/me. It's a great visual to have your little props w/you. Go Rachel! Go Mom!
Rachel- you have wonderful poise and presence-
can't seem to hear it (it just won't play on my laptop for some reason) but i'm sure she was excellent
hey, it finally worked for me* (don't ask me* what changed cause i have no clue).
yep, she was excellent.
but i hope she keeps signing so she doesn't lose it. i stopped signing and i've lost most (ok, almost all) of what i knew, which is one of the biggest shames
That's a great video. Our daughter Emma had meningitis at 18 months old and has had her implant for almost 10 years. Are you on the menicircle? Here is a video of Emma in a play with the No Limits Theater Group for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children. Emma is on the right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sq1roSlaA8
gkirsch,
That was a great video. I'm not on the meni circle just because I had to limit myself to one. So I'm on the CI circle.
Your daughter did great and so did the other girl. It sure is amazing how well they can do.
Wonderful! A lovely girl, and very "together" as the kids say. Attagirl, both of you!
What a great speech and she gave it so well.
Wonderful!
My sister-in-law just got cochlear implants. After 60 years of not hearing very well (almost completely deaf), she's having to adjust to hearing almost as well as I do.
It's a nerve-wracking experience for her... the smallest sound will have her jumping in her seat, twisting around to say "what was that?"
After she has identified the sound, she'll file it in her memory, but at this stage there's a new sound every minute or so. It's hard at her age to have to suddenly discover so much so quickly.
I'm glad your daughter had this when she was very young. She does speak very well.
I can't believe how perfect her speech is!!! She's awesome!!
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