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I think I agree with this.  I'm struggling with articulating it.  I wouldn't say I'm "fixing" my child by sending her to an immersive ASL environment:  I'm making sure she can be exposed to sign, both formally and incidentally, which she wouldn't get naturally.  I wouldn't have said I was "fixing" her by making her wear hearing aids, I was trying to provide access to sound (unsuccessfully).  And then similarly, we opted for CIs, which did provide access to sound, but have not "fixed" her lack of natural hearing.  The word "fix"  just doesn't seem to fit in any of this.


I do assign a high value to her ability to learn languages through those channels we've opened up:  via ASL immersion and via her CI-driven access to sound.


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