Posted by Ed Seedhouse on 06/05/07 00:58

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:03:32 -0400, Ed Mullen <ed@edmullen.net> wrote:

>> As I read that story it doesn't say she is not deaf.


>To quote from the article (with emphasis added):

>Fernandes, who was selected by the board of trustees last week and is
>scheduled to take office next January, *was born deaf* but grew up
>speaking and did not learn American Sign Language until she was 23. Sign
>language is the preferred way of communicating at 1,900-student Gallaudet.


That's what I read, and it doesn't say she is not currently deaf. Lots
of deaf folks grow up speaking without ever regaining their hearing.
Some go deaf after learning to speak and still keep speadking. In fact
the complaint that she is not "deaf enough" implies strongly to me that
she is deaf to some extent at least.

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