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Cloggy you didn't ask me but I will answer anyway. We have never had an internal problem. We have had wires going down. In our family this is why my husband works the afternoon shift. Someone is always home in case of our childn'r implant going down. The school knows to call us and we were there within 15 minutes. We have one processor go down and it meant that my son was not hearing for about 16 hours 10 of thoses hours he was sleeping.
You had the luxury of either you and your husband being available to take care of the problem. Unfortunately, many families dont have that luxury and as a result, the child is stuck in an environment where communication is practically impossible. At least by being in a signing environment, our students have no worries if their CIs malfunction or breaks down. No time in the educational setting is ever lost simply because of inability to communicate. There is another reason why I strongly believe in the BiBi approach or using both approaches for all deaf/hoh children.