Children Quote by Christine Monikowski

“If we hear a Chinese we tend to take his speech for inarticulate gurgling. Someone who understands Chinese will recognize language in what he…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“I had to learn Mandarin. And I had the best teacher – necessity. You can study a language for years at school, but nothing…

— Hyeonseo Lee

Most of my students were not deaf.

— Lauren Ridloff

“We are all born almost Deaf, Dumb and Blind; trial and error have, thus far, been our best teacher.”

— Balan Gothandaraman

Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the…

— Paul Tournier

“In most of us there is a tiny voice we consult as part of our thought processes. Deaf people literally don’t hear themselves thinking.”

— Lou Ann Walker

“In complete silence you can’t hear a thing. Just ask a deaf person—but ask them with your fingers.”

— Jarod Kintz

“From the first two-hour class on, I had not said a word. I wanted them to know a little bit of what it is…

— Lou Ann Walker

If you can't hear language, you won't be able to understand language and experience normal development. Every minute spent without hearing is a minute…

— Kassie DePaiva

“There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man…

— Criss Jami

So, for people who aren't aware: the biggest obstacle to having hearing loss is not having access to language. And there are many Deaf…

— Lauren Ridloff

“By the age of two, hearing children perceived their parents’ deafness well enough to know automatically that they must use gestures with their parents…

— Lou Ann Walker