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RE: Hearing Impaired Student

Author: ron
Date: 1999-09-13 04:40

Hi,Amy -
It will depend on how much residual hearing the student has. I have associated for several years with deaf people (yes, my friends, who mostly use sign language to communicate, prefer to be called deaf, rather than hearing impaired (because 'deaf is deaf')- or hard of hearing if that's the situation. I've been told by a couple of my friends of a profoundly deaf girl who was quite succesful learning to play bassoon, but I've not met her nor do I know whether she has been successful also playing in an ensemble. I'll ask around and get back to you if I can find out about that. I wouldn't be overly concerned about it. Like other students, she will either succeed or she won't. You'll determine that soon enough. She deserves the same opportunity to try is as any other student would. This is my opinion.
ron

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