Good question, RR. No, I don't think I would go for it, and here is the reason. I am perfectly comfortable within deaf culture, and I am fluent in ASL. I don't see that loosing my hearing would create that much of a trauma for me. I've been shown far too many times that sound perception is not the advantage that some believe it is, nor is it necessary to live with as much quality in one's life as some would believe.
Now, someone who was born hearing and views loosing their hearing as a tradgedy might answer opposite to me. I see only that it would create a change, but not a change that would require surgical intervention because I already possess the coping skills to deal with it.
