I will never forget the day that I was standing in the doctor's office and Doctor T said, "I'm sorry but your child is profoundly deaf. Hearing aids will make no difference. He is also not a candidate for cochlear implants. He will have to use sign language to communicate". My heart hit the floor. How could that be? Hadn't our baby been through enough? How will I be able to communicate with my baby? How will I be able to learn a whole new language? How will I ever learn to sign every word in the dictionary? It was overwhelming.
But, I done what every other mother that loves their child does. I made it my mission. This was my child and he depended on me. So I surfed the net. Asked lots of questions. Learned as much as I could and discovered a whole new world that I never knew was out there. I still have a long ways to go. We are just taking it "One Day At A Time". Slowly we are getting this. Our baby is learning. We are learning. We won't give up. Our baby is worth it!
These are a few things we've found very helpful in learning to communicate with our hearing impaired baby.
