Excellent point. That's the reason why I'm not exactly all "gung ho" for WICKED early implantion. Even with ABR, its very hard to tell exactly how well a dhh kid hears with hearing aids.
Yes, there are some kids who are totally off the bat canidates. Like with auditory nereopathy....but some others. I mean I've heard of kids who scored as "profoundly deaf" on ABR and on more traditional audi exams, they were more hoh, with a lot of residual hearing.
Besides just b/c a kid's profoundly or severe deaf, it doesn't mean that they can't use the residual hearing given to them by hearing aids.
