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Reviews For Summer Camp with Snape
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 *** 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.
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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!
Author's Response: of course Snape is everywhere, muahaha! :) Thank you for reviewing!
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!
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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