In other words, be deaf is the same as being a "freak".
That really gets me.
Whipping a child for not wearing their CI to bed? Uh how about, no way, please. 
Have any idea how painful that if you rolled on your side with your ear mold squishing your eardrum? Not only that, if you don't "air out" your ears for half of the 24 hr period, you can get really sore and red in the ear canal and possibly get an infection.
Yiz
