My daughter has severe hearing loss and she has been living in the world of silence. For all these years, hearing aids were useless and the cochlear implant surgery was a failure. I was totally stuck until I heard about the Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrolment in Deaf Education Programme. 

In this programme, since the hearing children around my daughter use spoken language, it encourages her to pronounce words and to imitate lip shapes more readily. Since joining the programme, my daughter’s academic results have improved a lot. The co-enrolment environment has expanded her social circle; and I can see she has a great time learning. Since both teachers and students in the programme know sign language, she is able to understand the teachers and to communicate with her classmates.

I support sign bilingualism and co-enrolment in deaf education.  Education for deaf students would be meaningless if they are not able to take in the curriculum contents. To my girl, sign language is the easiest way to "talk” to her. The same concept can also be applied to hearing children as sign language can help reinforce their memory. It will benefit them a lot in the future.