Did you tell your parents "I want a CI" when you were 2?
No but did my parents do their best to do whats best for me? I would have to say yes. They did their job, and im happy for what they have done.
It really has nothing to do with decreasing Deaf culture. Many,many CI users are members of Deaf culture.
There are those that believe, hearing people that is, that the CI makes a person hearing and therefore, they will have no need of Deaf culture, signed languages, or any other accommodation or support. That is what we argue against. Not the implantation itself.
Gonna have to say even though I cant"hear", im hearing a lot of the times since i wear my implants almost 12/7. But i still have some/little amount of accommodations.
However I'm somewhat upset i never got the chance to learn ASL but my parents actually wanted me to learn ASL but i refused. I'm upset i refused when i was younger.
Implanting an infants another thing. Thats up to the parents as they have the ABILITY to do whats best for their child. If i have a deaf child (which is likely, and kinda hope so lol), I'd implant him/her. Thats just who i am, and would decide.
My take on peoples' views, and correct me anyone if I'm wrong, is that it's not so much the CI itself as forcing the surgery onto an infant. What I've seen is people agree that parents should start with ASL and HAs, if the kid's ok with them, and then if the kid gets older and wants to go the CI route when s/he's old enough to make an informed decision, then it's ok. What I've seen get on people's nerves is hearing parents that want to force their deaf child to be hearing. They want to force them to hear, and speak, just like them, and aren't in the least willing to accomodate the child's deafness, even though it's much better for the child if they do. Some parents don't even take into consideration that HA's might work just as well as, if not better than, a CI for their child.
Why waste all of those precious years to get the cochlear up and working for you. Right now, my left cochlear sucks cause I never been able to hear out of that side for all of my life. My right, is just so damn clear like watching HD HBO boxing seeing all of the sweat coming off the bodies after each punch.
Earlier someone is implanted, they better off the cochlear will be adapted to the the implant and it's technology
I still agree to trying hearing aids first to making 100% sure that they can hear or not out of hearings before going to surgery.
Asl sure, continue with it no matter if theyre deaf with implants or not.
Even with the implant in a deafie, they're still gonna need to make accommodations for the child. THAT is where they're uneducated on.
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