The answer for some people would be obvious but there are also some people who didn't learn to talk at younger ages due to autism (or other disabilities like deafness) and I'm curious because some people in real life found it unbelievable I managed to learn to talk despite being full deaf with no hearing aids/cochlea implant. So when I was younger I lived in a rural area, so there wasn't a lot. We did have school but there was no programs to support deaf children. I've been to doctors when I was younger and they said I would have to go far away to actually get hearing aids or cochlea implant, but my mum said no to everything. She literally just couldn't be bothered lol. I actually didn't learn sign language until I left my family and moved into the city. But the way it worked in my family is that I had to learn to lip read and my dad brought me a little chalkboard to write on. My siblings didn't really talk to me but my dad would and my mother made it clear she didn't like me. But in school, my teacher despite my deafness tried really hard to teach me how to read and how to write as best she could. When it was reading time she actually would take my hand and make me feel her throat as she would talk, so I could feel the vibrations. I would also try and copy her mouth patterns. It seemed like at the time she was researching sign language and was teaching me simple signs as well, so I knew very little. My talking is definitely not 100% because of my accent, Ive been told it's very strong lol. I struggle talking english so really I can only talk Japanese if I do talk, I'm still learning. I do only use sign language now because I don't want to read peoples lips my entire life again, it's very very hard.
The answer for some people would be obvious but there are also some people who didn't learn to talk at younger ages due to autism (or other disabilities like deafness) and I'm curious because some people in real life found it unbelievable I managed to learn to talk despite being full deaf with no hearing aids/cochlea implant. So when I was younger I lived in a rural area, so there wasn't a lot. We did have school but there was no programs to support deaf children. I've been to doctors when I was younger and they said I would have to go far away to actually get hearing aids or cochlea implant, but my mum said no to everything. She literally just couldn't be bothered lol. I actually didn't learn sign language until I left my family and moved into the city. But the way it worked in my family is that I had to learn to lip read and my dad brought me a little chalkboard to write on. My siblings didn't really talk to me but my dad would and my mother made it clear she didn't like me. But in school, my teacher despite my deafness tried really hard to teach me how to read and how to write as best she could. When it was reading time she actually would take my hand and make me feel her throat as she would talk, so I could feel the vibrations. I would also try and copy her mouth patterns. It seemed like at the time she was researching sign language and was teaching me simple signs as well, so I knew very little. My talking is definitely not 100% because of my accent, Ive been told it's very strong lol. I struggle talking english so really I can only talk Japanese if I do talk, I'm still learning. I do only use sign language now because I don't want to read peoples lips my entire life again, it's very very hard.