DELTA - Choosing to Talk 4

<% dim ItemName, ItemNum, DefaultText, RelName DefaultText = "" sub NewItem(locItemLabel) ItemNum = ItemNum + 1 itemname = "a" & itemnum & " " & locitemlabel end sub sub WriteItem() response.write("""" & ItemName & """") end sub sub WriteValue(locText) if request.form(itemname) = "" then response.write("""" & locText & """") else response.write("""" & request.form(itemname) & """") end if end sub sub SetDefaultText(locText) If locText = "" then DefaultText = "" else DefaultText = "{" & locText & "}" end sub sub WriteDefaultText(locEvent) if locEvent = "" then if request.form(itemname) = "" then response.write("""" & DefaultText & """ ") else response.write("""" & request.form(itemname) & """ ") end if else if defaulttext <> "" then response.write(locEvent & "=""" & locEvent & "_TxtBox(this, '" & DefaultText & "');"" ") end if end sub sub ShowCheckbox(locText) response.write(" " & locText & "
") end sub sub GetDay() response.write("") end sub sub GetMonth() months = array ("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December") response.write("") end sub sub GetYear(locSpan) response.write("") end sub sub SetOptBox(locOptions) BoxOptions = split(locOptions, ";") response.write("") end sub sub ShowLabel(locName, locShow) NewItem(locName) response.write("") if locShow then response.write(locName) response.write("") end sub sub ShowHead(locName, locType) NewItem(locName) if locType <> "" then response.write("<" & loctype & ">" & locName & "") response.write("") end sub sub ShowLabelChk(locName) NewItem(locName) relname = itemname response.write("" & locName & "") response.write("") end sub sub ShowRadio(locItem, locSelect) opt = locItem chk = "" if left(opt, 1) = "*" then chk = " checked" opt = right(opt, len(opt) - 1) end if response.write("") response.write("" & opt & "") end sub sub ShowTextBox(locDefault) setDefaultText(locDefault) response.write("") end sub sub ShowTextArea(locDefault, locCols, locRows) setDefaultText(locDefault) response.write("") end sub sub JoinEvent(locOrganiser, locEvent) response.write("") end sub %> <% function writetext(locText) response.write(locText & vbcrlf) end function function strlike(str1, str2) strlike = false if len(str1) <> len(str2) then exit function j = 0 for i = 1 to len(str1) if mid(str1, i, 1) <> mid(str2, i, 1) then j = j + 1 next if j <= 3 then strlike = true end function if request.ServerVariables("HTTP_AUTHORIZATION") <> "" then usercode = split(request.ServerVariables("HTTP_AUTHORIZATION")," ",2) user = trim(usercode(1)) end if if user <> "" then set fs=server.createobject("scripting.filesystemobject") htmlpath="/" path=server.mappath(htmlpath) & "/" userfilename = path & "users.txt" set fo=fs.opentextfile(userfilename) while not fo.atendofstream nextline = fo.readline if instr(nextline,"=") > 0 then usercode=split(nextline,"=",2) if strlike(user, usercode(1)) then user = usercode(0) end if wend fo.close logfilename = path & "authlog.txt" set fo=fs.opentextfile(logfilename, 8, true) if request.QueryString("Code") <> "" then addinfo = ":" & request.QueryString("Code") fo.writeline(now & ";" & user & ";" & request.ServerVariables("PATH_INFO") & addinfo) fo.close set fo = nothing set fs = nothing end if %>

Deaf Education through
Listening and Talking

Charity No:1115603 Company No:5698173

Deaf children DO hear

Yes, deaf children do hear. Including those called ‘profoundly deaf’. Not exactly as hearing people do, different, less clear, but well enough to make sense, with hearing aids, of people’s talking. Or most of them do. There are a tiny minority that really are “totally deaf”, that is, cannot benefit from the best hearing aids. There is a chance for them too now with the availability of cochlear implants which are particularly suitable for totally deaf children. Hearing aids and cochlear implants make it possible for deaf children to hear. “Yes, of course they do”, you say but think what it means...the chance to learn to talk well.

There was a group of young Scots doing very complicated reels with changing rhythms without any prompting. The audience commented “they must be getting the vibrations through the floor, they can’t be hearing the music changes - they’re deaf.” The floor was marble.

Children are quick to learn and, compared to many adults who have to start wearing hearing aids later in life, deaf children usually get tremendous benefits from hearing aids quite quickly. Not all babies and toddlers take to them right away however and for some parents getting hearing aids worn regularly can be hard work, but worthwhile, because they know it is in the best interests of their child.

Hearing and being able to listen gives us access to the world of sound. Your deaf child can have that too —not to the same degree or in quite the same way as you but it will mean that they can enjoy the world of sound and learn to talk.

“Russell was eighteen months old when we found out he was deaf and he was given hearing aids. The first time he heard himself laugh, it made him laugh even more, he enjoyed it so much. He’s still laughing.” This is what Russell’s mum said recently to an audience of parents of young deaf children at one of our meetings. Russell is 15 now and doing his GCSEs.

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