Deaf stay Deaf- Why Cochlear Implant

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beKYEPfxhTY]YouTube - Deaf stay Deaf - Why Cochlear Implant[/ame]

CI = Cochlear Implant is the newst technology for deafs and hearing impaired people. This movie was make from Deaf people from University of America, who didn't like CI. There also originate disadvantages.
 
Hahaha this video was too ridicoulous!! Nice to see some humour and to see what people think of them.
 
I was glad to see it and I showed it to my husband; the Star trek was my favorite part-
 
hello! it's all that true? I'm getting a cochlear implant very soon.... Now I'm confused! I thought it was the best solution to me and It'll give me a better life than I have right now... Can someone with cochlear implant tell how is your life after getting one? Thanks!
 
Jules said:
hello! it's all that true? I'm getting a cochlear implant very soon.... Now I'm confused! I thought it was the best solution to me and It'll give me a better life than I have right now... Can someone with cochlear implant tell how is your life after getting one? Thanks!
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Oh, maybe it will help you to read more in the section of Hearing Aids & Cochlear Implants. Check lots of threads in the Hearing Aids & Cochlear Implants. good luck. =)
 
Jules said:
hello! it's all that true? I'm getting a cochlear implant very soon.... Now I'm confused! I thought it was the best solution to me and It'll give me a better life than I have right now... Can someone with cochlear implant tell how is your life after getting one? Thanks!
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If you actually think a joke like that could be real, how could you even have managed to get yourself evaluated??????????
 
:giggle:

you really think me plus others on the site would KEEP our implants if life with a CI was really like THAT??
 
Jules said:
Thank you so much, I will
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This video is a big joke because some of us who does not have CI and we do make fun of CI people. I do make fun of my hubby who have CI. I called him My half borg. :giggle: Some people wants CI for many reasons. For me, It's too late. I can get CI for FUN but it won't help my life better. I like the way I am now and i am happy. It depends on individuals.
 
Jules said:
What they show on the video....
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Ok I dont have a ci myself but a school friend does and she goes swimming (she was implanted 10 years ago)

In other threads they say you can go a plane. you just have to get a doctors note because it sets off the alarms.

Hope this helps
 
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Jules said:
hello! it's all that true? I'm getting a cochlear implant very soon.... Now I'm confused! I thought it was the best solution to me and It'll give me a better life than I have right now... Can someone with cochlear implant tell how is your life after getting one? Thanks!
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What you should know is that some in the deaf culture do not like the implant. Because in some ways it's a threat to their culture. The ones who feel this way are mainly the people who spent most of their time at school, home and work around other deaf people. So they are surrounded by people who speak ASL and most of their friends, fellow workers and people in their lives are deaf or related to deaf people. So this implant comes along and makes people that are a part of this "circle" no longer a real part of it. So they view the implant as something that can at times make people no longer belong to their culture. The people who made this video evidently are among the ones who feel this way about the implant.

But don't worry about it. If you're like me and where never really a part of deaf culture. Then this controversy really doesn't have anything to do with us. I've been deaf for almost 20 years but I went to normal public schools and only know a small number of deaf people. And I don't hang around with them all that much (No reason. we're just casual acquaintances). I just got my CI activated month ago and I love it.

This is just a video of them poking fun at it. I found it humorous. :)

Ron Jaxon
 
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