Comments on: Love Thursday: Virtual Twins http://siblings.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/love-thursday-virtual-twins Blog with news and information for those who have or are adopting sibling groups. Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:03:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Heidi http://siblings.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/love-thursday-virtual-twins/comment-page-1#comment-169 Heidi Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:03:49 +0000 http://adopting-a-s.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/04/26/love-thursday-virtual-twins#comment-169 No, your question is not rude at all. My son Ben is profoundly deaf but speaks and hears with a cochlear implant. He is still dependent on sign language however, for full communication, so we are a signing family. <br /> <br /> Using ASL has really helped Caleb's transition as well as Micheline's when she came home 2 years ago. Many times Caleb can't remember the English word for something but he can remember the sign especially if it is more iconic. Being able to sign has greatly reduced his frustration in his limited abilities to speak English. He also has learned in only a few month's time that if Mom is on the phone and can't talk to you, that you can always try to sign to her instead. Makes me nuts as all my kids do that, and I tell them I can't focus on two languages at the same time! :) No, your question is not rude at all. My son Ben is profoundly deaf but speaks and hears with a cochlear implant. He is still dependent on sign language however, for full communication, so we are a signing family.

Using ASL has really helped Caleb’s transition as well as Micheline’s when she came home 2 years ago. Many times Caleb can’t remember the English word for something but he can remember the sign especially if it is more iconic. Being able to sign has greatly reduced his frustration in his limited abilities to speak English. He also has learned in only a few month’s time that if Mom is on the phone and can’t talk to you, that you can always try to sign to her instead. Makes me nuts as all my kids do that, and I tell them I can’t focus on two languages at the same time! :)

]]> By: thomasina http://siblings.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/love-thursday-virtual-twins/comment-page-1#comment-168 thomasina Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:09:35 +0000 http://adopting-a-s.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/04/26/love-thursday-virtual-twins#comment-168 This is very interesting. I have a question...and I hope you will pardon my naivetée and I hope I am not asking a rude question...I am wondering about your use of sign language. Is this a creative way of getting past the verbal language barrier or is this a necessity due to a hearing impairment. I am only asking because I was thinking that it seemed like an interesting work around for the language barrier. If that is the reason, I wonder if you'd share how you decided to go that route and how it's working. This is very interesting. I have a question…and I hope you will pardon my naivetée and I hope I am not asking a rude question…I am wondering about your use of sign language. Is this a creative way of getting past the verbal language barrier or is this a necessity due to a hearing impairment. I am only asking because I was thinking that it seemed like an interesting work around for the language barrier. If that is the reason, I wonder if you’d share how you decided to go that route and how it’s working.

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