You know, I can't understand why so many insults are thrown around here....
Correct me if I'm wrong, Jillio, but you are hearing and Shel was born deaf?
Jillio, if you lost ur hearing, and the best doctors told you a CI would help you, would you go for it?....(Even ur deaf son, would you agree to it?) How about you, Shel?...Since you were born deaf, never heard a sound or music, ur kids, etc....would you agree to the surgery?
I'm late deafened, and not eliglble for a CI....and yes, I was very depressed over that.
And if I had a deaf child, and knew the CI would give him some benefit of "sound", I would do it....Knowing it could possibly give my child a better quality of life. That's how I see it.
So many CI users here at AD have said they were happy with their CI's....especially Ron Jaxon....
I feel it's those who were born deaf, never heard a sound in their lives, think it's completely "normal" to live in "silence".....and are happy living that way. Many hearing people feel it's "tragic" to live in a world of silence. Everybody has a different set of opinion.....
