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Psychological Risks in Childhood Cochlear Implantation

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The following editorial was written by Robert Pollard, Ph.D., psychologist at the University of Rochester Medical Center, at the request of a local Rochester newspaper. It is up to date as of February 1993.
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2005 Nov 28

Hearing people praising speech of Deaf people

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Introduction This document presents the thoughts of two Deaf persons about hearing persons praising the good speech of some deaf persons. Read those thoughts to understand why this behavior is considered offensive by several Deaf persons.
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1996 Sep 21

Misrepresentation of Deaf Community's anti-CI views

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Posted: Thu, Feb 4, 1993 12:06 PM EST Msg: MGJD-5633-2854 From: R.POLLARD To: DEAFTEK.USA CC: DEAFTEK.PSYCH, R.ROSEN Subj: ALERT/IMPLANTS/N.E. JOURNAL OF MED. PHYSICIAN MISREPRESENTS ASL AND DEAF COMMUNITY VIEWS ON COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION IN RECENT NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE ARTICLE
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2005 Nov 28

[SOMBER] My Mother's Last Words

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MY MOTHER'S LAST WORDS by: Jack Levesque, 1992 At the age of 80, my mother asked me, "Did we do the right thing by sending you to the Clark School for the Deaf? Was an oral education right for you?"
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2005 Nov 29

A note from an experienced parent of deaf children

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The following message was sent from DeLores Wilson (now Lamb) in Oregon to her son Mike Wilson, who in turn posted it to DEAF-L at 6 Sep 1994. Hi Mike, This is to the parent or whoever wrote about options in communication for deaf kids.
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2005 Oct 24

Checklist for evaluation of "oral success" claims

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Someone claims to be Oral success. Is he really Oral success?
  1. Most important - is the person considered as 'Oral success' still a child, or is the person already adult living independently?
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    2005 Nov 30

Oral vs. Sign Debate

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Introduction
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2006 Jan 1

[HUMOR] An Oral Failure from Oklahoma

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(The following article was contributed by Angelique N Wahlstedt at 21 Jun 1995.)
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2005 Nov 30

I cannot communicate my feelings to my parents!

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THE STORY OF A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL (The following article was contributed by Oliver Arnd Markwirth at 1 Jun 1995.)
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1996 Feb 3
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