My opinions came from reading A Journey into the deaf world from the library.
It seems to me getting an Implant does in fact indicate one DOES NOT WANT TO remain DEAF. Why else would one want to have the costly operation? Not exactly a trivial matter. There is no turning back-all hearing is destroyed by the operation.One can accept "cultural deafness" in THEORY if ones wants- up to you.
If one is trying to understand Hearing loss a study of deafness would seem to be "beside the point".
Trying to learn ASL without having someone else in your immediate environment is difficult as it seems one needs to practice a great deal. Or from my personal experience a few years ago.
Advanced Bionics Harmony activated Aug/07
