Memphis Oral School for the Deaf

A school for deaf kids that doesn't allow sign language? This is a joke and you guys are the reason so many deaf kids will end up with language deprivation which will negatively impact them for the rest of their lives. Hearing Aids and implants are not a miracle that give perfect hearing. I urge all parents of deaf/hoh kids to please make sure you and your kids are learning ASL. Expose your child to the Deaf community, not this ableist and audist excuse for a school. I am deaf with hearing aids and didn't have access to sign language as a kid, it still affects me today and I have little communication with the majority of people including family

All of the staff and teachers at MOSD have been incredibly supportive and caring with our hard of hearing daughter. The audiologists meet with the students daily and the speech therapists take the time to communicate with parents on the child’s speech development. The teachers and teachers assistants are playful and joyful with their students and spend time organizing fun activities that encourage learning language. Highly recommend!

My daughter was a student here for four years from the age of two. This school and staff are just amazing and create miracles in the lives of these children every day. My daughter, Rivers, was born profoundly deaf and wears cochlear implants. She was able to start kindergarten in our public schools and no longer required any speech therapy by the second grade. She will be graduating this year with a 3.9 GPA and a full social calendar! She is attending Ole Miss in the fall. Truly the best decision we ever made was to send her here and give her the skills necessary to succeed in a hearing world.

Hearing parents: Please do NOT send your students to schools using LSL techniques! Studies have proven that using ASL further develops English and ASL skills and these children score higher on intellectual development. Academics aside, children need language and to be surrounded by role models like them. That means Deaf Schools with Deaf instructors with ASL. I went to a Deaf school and I am extremely literate and academically successful. Please listen to Deaf adults, and do whats right for your child emotionally and academically. Don't take the easy way out by sticking some hearing aids on your child and making them speak your language. Learn ASL. They will thank you one day. My parents never learned ASL and I resent them for it, and I know many others who do as well. A bilingual educational approach is always the best option.

My grandson has attended the Memphis Oral School for the Deaf since he was 6 months old. Our family is thrilled by the strides that he has made while there. With the help of his hearing aid, his therapists and teachers at MOSD, he has learned to communicate a live a fulfilled life. We are very grateful for the teaching and care they have provided him.