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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
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Subject: Re: English language problems for deaf people
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Date: 15 Mar 91 05:24:26 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 > A hearing baby hears even before birth.  From the moment
 > it's born, the baby is perceiving sounds and eventually
 > puts those sounds together to form language.  Still later,
 > the baby puts those sounds together to make a sound that
 > comes out as a word.  Eventually those words are put together
 > to make sentences.

 > A deaf baby does not have such input.

Jay - I wouldn't say this is true for ALL deaf babies.  I, along
with a lot of others, were able to form words without sound.  I
can't explain it but I believe I've mentioned that my parents
didn't realize I was deaf until I was almost 4 years old since
I could speak and lipread.

I believe there has been formal schooling for this process for
many years - in fact, I know there has been as the John Tracy
School/Center has been around for 50 years or so.

I feel the pre-school programs that several states are implementing
in the public school system is going to work out quite well using
all forms of communication, not just ASL as the primary language

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