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Title: Chapter 2: Egbert the Eccentric's Summer Camp 05 Aug 2014 9:01 am
Reviewer: Zireael07 (Signed) [Report This]
    First, I'm sorry I won't be able to help you with BSL/ASL, I'm Polish and I don't know any sign language.

    Second, you get a lot of brownie points for including kids who both speak and sign and for making a distinction between d/Deaf and HoH. That's two traps loads of people fall into - assuming all hearing-impaired sign exclusively and that they all identify as Deaf.

    Third, I can definitely sympathize with Harry feeling isolated and lonely - I've been there myself even though I use hearing aids.

    And now for some things you might consider for future chapters:
    1) I've found that water is conducive to better hearing - dunno why, something about the way the sound propagates and the water's properties. Anyhow, as you have a lake there, you could use it :)
    2) Did Snape ever consider hearing aids? Why/why not? I could tell you loads of reasons for both (even though I've used hearing aids since 9 months old), but I have to cut this review short :P
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    If you want to know something, just ask - I have loads of firsthand info. And secondhand, since I happen to be writing a thesis on the topic of hearing-impaired.

    Author's Response:

    Thank you so much for reviewing, and for letting me know where I've gone right! And thank you for the suggestions - I never would have thought of the water thing. I'll have to see whether it will ever fit, but it is definitely an interesting thought. As for hearing aids, I believe I mentioned in the story that I am working off the idea that hearing aids and cochlear implants would be too 'delicate' electronically to survive around prolonged exposure to magic. So although simple electronic devices might work around limited amounts of magic, something more complicated like a hearing aid or a cochlear implant would not. So it might work for a little while, but would eventually break down, even if it's not at Hogwarts where the place is completely suffused with magic. Does that make sense? I thought it did, hopefully it does to others too. I partially felt like this made sense for the world of Harry Potter, and partially felt like getting into hearing aids and implants just added an entirely new dimension to an already fairly complicated story, and I did not really want to deal with it. I know other people have found ways to get electronics to work at Hogwarts or around magic (although Harry's watch working in the books is never really explained...), but I chose not to go that way.

     

    Thank you for the review and the advice! I'll let you know if I have questions. 

Title: Chapter 2: Egbert the Eccentric's Summer Camp 23 Jul 2014 1:06 am
Reviewer: Fmh (Signed) [Report This]
    Thank you for the story and all the research you have been doing!

    Author's Response: thanks, I'm glad you like it!
Title: Chapter 1: An Unexpected Result 23 Jul 2014 12:51 am
Reviewer: Fmh (Signed) [Report This]
    Very interesting and well informed. I have had 2 children that I taught with implants and you are very accurate. Thank you for an entertaining story

    Author's Response: thank you, I'm so glad to know! thank you for reviewing!
Title: Chapter 1: An Unexpected Result 23 Jul 2014 12:51 am
Reviewer: Fmh (Signed) [Report This]
    Very interesting and well informed. I have had 2 children that I taught with implants and you are very accurate. Thank you for an entertaining story

    Author's Response: thank you, I'm so glad to know! thank you for reviewing!
Title: Chapter 2: Egbert the Eccentric's Summer Camp 21 Jul 2014 8:59 am
Reviewer: JB (Anonymous) [Report This]
    I'm really enjoying your story so far!

    Author's Response: thank you I'm so glad to hear that you like it!
Title: Chapter 2: Egbert the Eccentric's Summer Camp 20 Jul 2014 11:18 pm
Reviewer: snapefan_17 (Signed) [Report This]
    another truly awesome chapter

    Author's Response: so glad you like it! thank you for reviewing!
Title: Chapter 2: Egbert the Eccentric's Summer Camp 20 Jul 2014 9:55 pm
Reviewer: Cicci Green (Signed) [Report This]
    Very interesting! I know extremely little about the deaf (or should it be Deaf?) culture so this is really interesting from that perspetive, but also as a Snape and Harry story. I don't find it hard to believe at ALL that Snape is deaf, which would account for all the particular things about his speech that the books mention.

    Looking forward to the next part!

    Author's Response: I'm so glad to hear you find this entertaining, interesting, and realistic/within the realm of possibility! Thank you for reviewing!
Title: Chapter 2: Egbert the Eccentric's Summer Camp 20 Jul 2014 8:44 pm
Reviewer: rosina (Signed) [Report This]
    Interesting chapter, and realistic that Harry would be getting angry and frustrated as he tries to come to terms with a new disability. Hard for him too that Snape seems to be everywhere, although he's probably looking out for Harry. Looking forward to more.

    Author's Response: of course Snape is everywhere, muahaha! :) Thank you for reviewing!
Title: Chapter 1: An Unexpected Result 20 Jul 2014 8:25 pm
Reviewer: rosina (Signed) [Report This]
    Deaf Snape? That's a novel idea, but with the explanations it didn't stretch the imagination too far, especially as you seem to be using lots of real information. Good start.

    Author's Response: I'm so glad you think so! I'm glad the explanation seemed within the realm of possibility. Thank you for reviewing!
Title: Chapter 2: Egbert the Eccentric's Summer Camp 20 Jul 2014 6:31 pm
Reviewer: Namiko (Anonymous) [Report This]
    Great job! I'm Deaf and i went thru some of the same things when i lost my hearing although I ran for the Deaf community and using ASL. Becoming Deaf wasn't a problem for me except I couldnt learn ASL as fast as i wanted. I didn't bother with lipreading after a month or so, since it's guesswork, so I made hearing people write. I went from hearing perfectly to profoundly Deaf in 8 months. Thank you for portraying hearing loss, Deaf community, ASL, and lipreading realistically. I've found a handful of deaf harry fics but they usually have him being able to understand everything by lipreading without missing anything and speaking just fine with no trouble or they come up with some magical solution which esentially lets him get along like a hearing person.

    Author's Response: I'm really really glad you read this and appreciate it. It's good to hear that it seems realistic - very very encouraging! Although I must admit it's also a bit scary to know that someone who is much more familiar with the Deaf community is reading it - I hope I continue to stay realistic! 

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