No , you ' re wrong and I question your basic grasp on reality . See , it ' s easy to call bullshit if you make no effort to back it up . <| sep |> See there you go again . You just assumed this person didn ' t already know how to message the mods . And in doing so you totally missed their point . You have got to start active listening . <| sep |> Honest question why wouldn ' t you boost the volume ? What ' s the downside ? What benefit is there in being quieter than standard ? <| sep |> First , let me just applaud you for going about this the right way . So many parents freak out when they find out their child is deaf or has some form of hearing loss . I can tell you right now , the most important thing you can do is teach her American Sign Language . She needs access to language as quickly as possibly and that would be in a mode which she can easily access , sign . Now , since she does have some hearing as of now , it wouldn ' t hurt to go ahead with continuing to have her use the HA and speech therapy . But don ' t stop teaching her ASL ! It ' s a total myth that teaching a child sign will prevent them from learningvocally speaking , so don ' t believe it when someone tells you . You are using the correct term , deaf or hard of hearing . You will also see Deaf which means culturally deaf . It all depends on how she will identify . Typically , Deaf people are those who use ASL and are involved in the community and take a lot of pride in their identity . Lower case deaf people tend to be more hard of hearing or might not wholly identify with the Deaf community but will still use ASL . Never use hearing impaired or mute . Those are outdated terms and deemed quite offensive . The best way to learn ASL would be from an actual teacher , but I understand that might be hard with your situation . No worries , there are lots of resources online . Tons of videos on youtube of deaf people signing stories , vlogs , etc . Just be cautious of the many hearing ASL student signing videos , which also a lot are them signing songs . As fun as those may seem , just ignore them . They ' re typically not very good or use the right type of ASL . This brings me to my next point , ASL and other sign systems . While most every other country has their own signed language , we use ASL here . You ' ll also see things such as PSE , CASE , or SEE . PSE is Pidgin Sign English which technically isn ' t a real thing , it ' s CASE . CASE is Conceptually Accurate Signed English , which basically is ASL signs with more English grammatical features . SEE is Signing Exact English and you should stay clear of this . It using a lot of initialized signs where the sign is formed using the first letter of the word . SEE tries to follow the rules and structure of spoken English but in a manual format . PSECASE and SEE are not true languages , but communication systems that were developed for deaf people by hearing people . Ok , sorry for a long post , I was trying to include all the important points I could think of , lol . Again , I think you ' re approaching this the right way so keep it up ! Happy ThanksgivingThursday .