References

All links used

1. Deaf Aotearoa - Deaf Community
2. Deaf Sports (Facebook)
3. NDCS (90% statistic)
4. Deaf Aotearoa - history of NZSL use in Deaf education 
5. What is oralism 
6. Oralism and how it affects the development of the Deaf child
7. Advantages of Early Visual Language
8. Sign Language and Bilingualism 
9. Benefits of early second language acquisition
10. The 'Cochlear war'
11. Does learning sign affect oral language acquisition? 
12. Comment thread - problems with CI
13. Benefits and risks of CI
14. CIs and bacterial meningitis 
15. Comment thread - against AVT
16. Scoping Support for NZSL Users Accessing the Curriculum - Teaching in NZSL
17. Scoping Support for NZSL Users Accessing the Curriculum - International Models 
18. Psychcentral - Benefits of Babysign including parent-child bond
19. Video: Early interventions: The Missing Link
20. Video: toddlers signing ASL (car/planes)
21. Cochlear.com - miracle cure
22. The Hearing House - parental participation 
23. The Hearing House - typical AVT session
24. Cochlear implantation age
25. Effect of cochlear implantation age
26. Other facts affecting CI outcomes
27. Cochlear implant debate between a Deaf person who advocates signing and a deaf person with a cochlear implant who advocates implants
28. What is a cochlear implant
29. CI - details of post-implantation programming etc
30. The Deaf Culture vs. Oral Only debate ('affects acquisition' position)
31. Video: baby CI activated
32. Video: 29 year old CI activated
33. Self-efficacy and failure
34. Reducing risk in Deaf mental health
35. Mental health issues in Deaf children
36. Shame, community and depression 

Reference list

Boswell, S. (n.d.). The mind hears: Tuning in with a cochlear implant. Retrieved from
              http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Tuning-In-With-a-Cochlear-Implant/

Collingwood, J. (2009). Teaching your baby Sign Language can benefit both of you. Retrieved from
              http://psychcentral.com/lib/2009/teaching-your-baby-sign-language-can-benefit-both-of-you/

National Deaf Children's Society. (2010). The emotional well being and mental health of deaf children
              and young people [report]. England: Gale, B. Retrieved from http://www.ndcs.org.uk/about_us
              /position_statements/mental_health.html

NZ Sign Language history. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://deaf.org.nz/nz-sign-language/about-sign-language
              /history

Oralism. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.deafwebsites.com/education/oralism.html