AND the oralists are VERY closely tied to the hearing devices and speech therapy industry which is FIXTATED that the ONLY "right" path is the " healthy normal" hearing path. Just as there's a LOT of uncomfortable links with doctors and Big Pharma, there are also a lot of uncomfortable links with audis, ENTs, speech therapists and hearing device companies. They are convinced that parents have all this extra cash lying around to spend on the best of the best hearing devices, speech therapists, fights to get into oral schools etc. THAT is why they promote exclusive hearing device usage. It is a BIG business