[RonHolzwarth]

Exactly how do you think "Phonics" is going to work with a deaf person?

"eh?
Zac, tee, lee, hoe, (w?) duh, yoe, you, thin, (k?), "Phony Ks" eyes, go, Ing, toe, war, kay, why, (th?), a, dee, af, puh, son?"

Have you ever worked with deaf people?

[neverdem]

Have you ever worked with deaf people?

Not 100% deaf, have you? I have a high frequency hearing loss and lip read when it's very noisy. IIRC, some 100% deaf people do lip read, and all are not dependent on reading sign language.