If CI Surgeries isn't considered a "fix" then what you call it then? "Repair"? that's still "fixing".
Any connotation you can come up with doesn't change the fact they are "fixing" the child's deafness because by and large in the hearing community that deafness is perceived as "abnormal", thereby we are found to be in a unacceptable condition simply because we are not what they are taking for granted on a daily basis.
Now I can understand if they are born hearing and they have taking their hearing for granted in their daily lives and suddenly for some reason they lost their hearing. They will want their hearing back and if CI is one those options that can enable them to once again hear sounds, they may go for it, despite of what possible consequences that it may bring post-op.
For some people, losing their hearing is perceive an "end of the world" scenario and they rather die rather than live a life of deafness. :roll:
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