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what time's cello tonight six oh god

you'll have to run in paul

pitbull's belly at 5 30. i can't split

myself in two yeah okay chill that's

fine

it sounds so weird and old people say

chill charming

what time's the help arriving joanne is

arriving at

yup it's time to go grab your bags

please oh god she's early

can you go to the door i'm leaving now

i'm already late hi i'm just about to

knock

him i'm joanne yes suzanne she'll be

done in a minute

thanks for helping us out we have quite

low

expectations we just want her to be a

little bit more

confident in time for school anyway

she has a hearing aid but she won't wear

it

and i'm assuming there's no history of

deafness on yours or your husband's side

no we only found out she was deaf when

she was three and a half

which probably makes me a bloody awful

mother but because she had a bit of

hearing in her left ear that was

overcompensating apparently that's

common

you're not an awful mother it's very

common and you said she didn't qualify

for a cochlear implant

no which was a real blow and what's a

communication like

does she know any sign language or is it

just lit reading just lit reading

and her speech not good right well i'll

probably start with a combination of

speech and sign language just to see

where she's at a lot of children respond

really well to science because it's less

frustrating

i can't see that being the case libby

follows what we're saying

really well right well i'm sure she'll

be fine then

stop you idea i'm on the phone

okay so make yourself at home sit down

if you like liz

is someone here to see you baby

she's usually happy when she's watching

tv she can be very difficult

i mean sometimes we don't even know

what's wrong with her is there any

pattern to that happening

oh no you know what they're like at this

age my other two were the same

well my exam starts in 25 minutes yes

i'm coming seb's got his gcses and he

got a stars in his mark so i better not

make him late

right you got my mobile number i'll be

back in a few hours to see how you got

on

you'd be brilliant bye libby darling

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mm-hmm

has it been yeah good i told you she was

quiet

yeah did she ever interact yeah she

follows what we say really well

trust me when libby's unhappy you know

about it yeah i think i'll just try with

some more interactive stuff i've got

quite a few books i think would be

useful

there is actually hello sorry yeah i've

literally just walked in the door can i

call you back in five minutes

yeah yeah tomorrow i said yeah 8 30.

yeah

okay don't worry bye sorry that was

paul's mom she's a bloody nuisance oh

it's fine um

i'll i'll just bring some stuff to try

with tomorrow does she like the park

um well i haven't taken her since she

was tiny but i'm sure she'd love it yeah

it's only five minutes away

yes all right great thanks joao okay bye

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um

you moving in with olivier she's inside

with sue

she's in a good mood libby i mean sue's

never in a good mood

oh hey libby oh sorry the door was open

i thought you could have a busy day i'm

so sorry i've got to shoot off again

i've got to take paul's mum to the

hospital oh no worries

bye lips you'll be good see you later

thank you

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so

so

right let's it back

where's your bag

let's get you some orange juice

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um

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hmm

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i just wondered how she'll get on with

the sign language at school

how do you mean well i'm not sure that

many people

know it well she needs to have an

interpreter sat with her and extra

support

and well i'm not trying to talk myself

into a job but

i'd be more than happy to help right

okay

i'm just wondering if we should be

focusing more on the lip reading rather

than the sign language

well as it stands at the moment libby's

going to struggle with speech so

combination of sign language and lip

reading will have the best results

like i know it can feel a bit alien but

the basics are actually really easy to

learn

might be a nice thing to do as a family

i'm just not sure how doable that is at

the moment pit pass ballet

and sabre rehearses with the midland

choir three times a week but we'll chat

about it tomorrow

i'll talk to paul okay great

right

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she's not hearing anything we're saying

there you go oh sue don't forget that

letter did you ever find your

jacket yeah he's in the office

she's signing is probably hungry

can you pass me that butter i think it

means orange juice

joe taught me some stuff

that's cool yeah joe's doing a good job

you know

how many hairstyles you try she's not

going to go out with you

oh talk with the devil quick someone

give them some hair work

morning hello hello

joe what do you think of sev's hair

it's cool

right it's time to go

what is it liz what's she saying

television no no i think she wants to

look for treasure so

i'll sort that out i'm gonna move on seb

can you bring my briefcase please thank

you

right so uh i'm on the bloody hospital

run again with paul's mum today

i think i mentioned last night i'm gonna

be a bit late again tonight more like

six yeah that's fine we'll have lots of

fun

bye libby

hmm

back again sorry to never leave i forgot

my bloody purse

hi i'm joanne i look after libby hello

darling has you been good for you livy

yeah she's great

she's so bright is she

do you think she'll be able to get a job

one day

yeah i think she'll be able to have a

career in whatever she likes oh

god bless her her granddad was deaf you

know from birth

he had a job as a cleaner

i knew him really libby's granddad

sorry do you mean paul's dad or sue's

dad

neither darling she's not paul's you

know

i told him he should have left but he

never listened to his mother

right well it's really nice to meet you

you too dear

all right yep

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um

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when you have a child you want them to

be normal you want them to be perfect

she is normal so

she's just deaf look i know it's your

area of expertise but you must

understand

i'm libby's mother and i know what's

best for her

of course you know best and it's just

the schools don't always understand

deafness

you have to fight for the support

sometimes but it is out there i know

what i'm doing joe you must understand

i've been a mother for a very long

your time paul and i will arrange to go

in and see the head

i mean do you think we've sent her to

school without making sure

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hello hello you okay yeah now i'll find

him on the right

is everything okay it's just um

sorry this is a difficult thing to say

but um paul and i have been talking and

we think it's best that libs stops the

sign language

why we think that speech therapy is a

better route

to take i've really i don't understand

she was doing so well

i know for school it's really important

that she carries on with sign language

and gets extra support

we've talked a lot about this joe and

we've actually been in to see the head

and they had a little deafblind years

ago and he's absolutely fine

look i'm nearly here now can i explain

it to her because you wonder where i am

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okay class open your books write the

date at the top and we'll start the

spelling test

number one there

number two here

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oh

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thank you

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you