Yes, it's difficult to accept these kind of people into the deaf culture. There are a lot of them who get CIs and suddenly, they almost completely reject the deaf culture. I've seen students here who are great ASL users. After getting CIs, they suddenly stop signing and start talking. Even to the interpreters, other deaf students, hearing students, and teachers. When they do that, it takes a while for them to be understood since their voices are not very oral. Because of this, some of those students end up TRYING to join the hearing culture, and lose their place in the deaf culture.
