Hi All,
This is fascinating, I will admit one thing before I go on, some of you will find my post rather choppy, so apologise for that, it is just intend to note a couple of things
just fascinating, like this reflects the faith in science, which is akin to normative ideology, in other words it is still the medicalisation of deafness. Observing that is when you say 'Options available" in this respect, it is to refer to the hearing way to deal with deafness. What I am trying to say is parents tend to quickly to jump to the hearist 'solutions' available. Ok I am aware you even let your girl learn signs and spend 3 days a week in deaf kindy, so from that I wish not to *lash* at you because I do recognise you Do care for her you want the *best* for her, and Are being open minded, it's good
just wish to point out, that you sometimes need to avoid being careless to omit the available 'deaf' options... its mainly an unconscious way to say what *we know* or regarded in what we are exposed to understand.....
I find highland's vision even more interesting...
I can see how and why parents/doctors tend to rush their babies and children to receive implants, it is alot to do with language development ( and I dont mean just speech, signs too) there is what they call 'critical language acquisition period'.
as for that with more and more CI surgery is being carried out to little deaf children, its quite possible......that a societal mutation of the cultural kind within the deaf community could eventuate
cheers for now