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Emilee Segura

I was born deaf and received a cochlear implant at 18 months old. I am bilingual in ASL and English.
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21/04/2026

comment BOOK and I’ll send you the link to this book so you can read it with your little one!

thank you for sending us your book! Cruz absolutely loves this book and it’s now his new favorite.

This book is written by an SLP designed to help your little one develop language skills and I believe it, Cruz is now saying and signing more words!

20/04/2026

as a deaf mom with a cochlear implant I use both ASL and spoken English with my son who is a CODA (child of deaf adult)

Sometimes I use just my voice, other times I use just ASL, and sometimes I use simcom (simultaneous communication - signing and talking at the same time)

SimCom can be frowned upon in the Deaf community which is valid, it’s really hard to sign accurately when talking, however that’s what I grew up with and I feel very comfortable with it!

Because I have access to speech with my cochlear implant, I love talking! Simcom allows me to access both languages and helps fill in the gaps when I couldn’t hear something for whatever reason.

It’s what works best for me and my family. Cruz has been thriving with both languages and right now he has more signs than spoken words.

What do you guys use in your home??

15/04/2026

happy ASL day! there are so many aspects to ASL and fingerspelling is a big one!

don’t be afraid to fingerspell to your little kiddos! It is good to expose them to fingerspelling as it helps with pre-literacy skills.

while they won’t understand each letter and be able to spell until school age, they can look at the pattern and see the word as a “whole” and as a sign!

while on a flight with Cruz, I was trying to keep him entertained and he wanted to play with the airline booklets. So I turned it into a literacy activity and pointed to each soda and fingerspelled the word. Sure enough he started to copy me and pointed to each can and tried to fingerspell and I think it’s the cutest thing! 🥰

CODA stands for child of deaf adult.

02/04/2026

Time for my (Jonathan’s) yearly takeover to wish the best person in my life a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Emilee is the best friend, wife, educator, and now mom I could have asked for to be mine and live life together with. She amazes me every day with her care, work ethic, example, and love. It has been so fun watching you raise Cruz through the hard and the fun. I love you and am excited for the next few years of closing out our twenties together!

Everyone who appreciates her posts and effort she puts into social media, please wish her a happy birthday!!!!!

30/03/2026

ASL rhythm and rhyme songs are my favorite way to expand on ASL skills with routines like bath time, meal time, bed time, etc!

My inspiration came from video “Daily Routines: ASL Rhymes and Rhythms. Comment BATH and I’ll send you the link to the video!

I typically just follow the same pattern from that video and apply it to any routine! Just sign a word on the left side then repeat that sign on the right side. And just keep repeating with signs until you’ve gone through the routine.

It’s so simple but it’s a powerful way to build language skills, plus it’s fun! Cruz was getting impatient while the bath was filling up so I started making up this song and he got so excited and it bought me some time while also helping his ASL skills. Win win 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Keep signing, keep repeating, keep playing—because those daily routines are where language truly comes to life! 🤟🏻

27/03/2026

let me know if this is helpful to see me sign books with my son and if you want me to do more!

26/03/2026

even though I didn’t end up making it to the , one positive is that I tried the live caption feature to help me understand what was going on around me and relieved so much stress!

Hearing announcements over the intercom is difficult for me as a deaf person with a cochlear implant. When traveling with family I just ask them to update me but on this trip it was just me so I tried out the live caption feature.

While it wasn’t perfect, it was still so incredibly to help me hear the updates and announcements. I would have felt so lost and more stressed if I wasn’t able to understand what was going on.

To get to the love caption feature go to settings > accessibility > live captions

20/03/2026

is anyone else obsessed with watching their kids play and learn and grow?! I’m always amazed as he learns new skills!

Watching Cruz play with the play kits is so cool to watch. When he gets a new box he always struggles a little bit knowing how to play with the toys in the kit but it’s a good challenge and he picks it up pretty quickly!

For example, he wasn’t sure how to play with the puzzle but now he knows where each piece goes!

Also some quick tips, if your kid isn’t interested in playing with a toy, just start playing with it and almost every time they will come over and play with you! Or you can act like you need help and don’t know how to do it and they loveeeee helping/showing you!

09/03/2026

I created this family book by using by putting the names on the pictures! I printed them using photo and put them in the book, also from

Highly recommend creating a family/friends book to help your little kiddo learn their names!

it has been so interesting watching Cruz learn the names of family members and when he says them or signs them.

He used to only sign dada, then signed and said dada, and now only says dada. I’ve only seen him sign mama very few times, he says it allll the time!

He recently started saying “ma” or “mama” while signing “grandpa” for grandma and I think it’s so cute!

I’m still working on giving sign names for some family members and Cruz is still learning how to talk so he’ll just try to mouth the names without using his voice 😂

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