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That's a pretty powerful testimonial. I've seen people challenge you about whether or not you've asked Lotte if she wants to hear, likes to hear. Although I think they'd suspect any positive answer, insisting she was answering to please you. But her own actions give us her true answer, on her own initiative, she goes out of her way to ensure she has the tools she needs to hear. Because she really wants to.
I see the same with my daughter. We spent some afternoons at the pool with several Deaf families, and I figured that among people who were only signing, and in and out of the water, she would be willing to let me pack away her CIs. And, around these families many of us with kids who use CIs tend to really downplay the CIs, often slipping them off at playdates and parties. But she made such a fuss each time -- even though no one in our group around her would be speaking, she wanted to hear strangers, the sounds around her, insisted on wearing them. Definitely not out of any fear or lack of access -- like Lotte, she just really likes to hear.
cool that's fine.
so do you have any more question for us deaf people since we have experience and some of us have CI/HA?