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From: Laurie.Wilson@p0.f5.n119.z1.fidonet.org (Laurie Wilson)
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Subject: Re: MUSINGS OF A DEMENTED MIND
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Date: 13 Feb 90 15:19:25 GMT
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 > on teaching deaf children speech even when it seems the
 > child speech will not be intellible that I was wondering
 > about something I once heard, that is, that often the speech
 > of those who become deaf or HI later in life sometimes disintergrates?
 
That is a good question... I am not really sure about this either. 
However, I'll say that I remembered a friend whose loss of hearing 
occurred at his age 18 still speak pretty good, even better than most 
hard of hearing's speech.  Yet, there are others whose speech even 
disintergrates gradually.  So, I am not even sure if everyone has
the same problem.  Maybe someone here who becomes deafened at later 

life can  answer your question better?
 
Laurie

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