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If your child has this, does it mean that if they were to have children, they would have a higher chance of having the syndrom? Or is this something that goes haywire and anyone can get it? Sorry for poorly wording this question, I'm not well educated in these syndromes.

since your daughter has a speech problem due to this syndrome, and I'm assuming her mobility is fine, would teaching her sign language while she speaks help her communicate better? I know that many parents of hearing children (parents are hearing as well) teach their infants some sign language to help them communicate. Things like: milk, food, more, thank you etc. They do it because babies at that time haven't developed speech so the signing helps baby and parent. Do you think this would possibly help you? I understand that being her parent, you obviously know and understand everything she says (much like how parents know which identical twin is which).

that's what I asked OP, also. I figured since OPs daughter has speech problems, maybe signing it would help their communication. The thing is, they are the parent so they know what their daughter is saying. It's like a parents knows which identical is Mike and the other is Paul....

But, on the other hand, hearing parents teach their hearing infants how to sign since their mobility is developed, just not their speech.

i'm an interpreter and have seen very little deaf people with the baha. i think it's great, but how do you feel about a baby that is born deaf to be inplanted with the baha or with the cochlear? As you may know, the deaf community (those deaf since childhood) frown on it incredibly, how do you feel? If your kids were born or became deaf, would you implant them at a young age or would you give them the option to?

oh my goodness, my ovaries are taking over and i'm crying. I'm happy for you