I agree with you.
I have no problem with people getting CI... as long as they still acknowledge that they're still deaf. If they don't want to learn sign language, then that's their problem.
When parents get their kids implanted and then treat them like hearing people, then I do have a problem with that... because they're still deaf. As for sign language, that's also their problem as well.
I wear one hearing aid. With that hearing aid, I can hear well. Even when my parents knew I was deaf, they never used sign language. Part of it was because I went to an oral deaf institute and never signed until I was 5 years old when I moved to Texas. I was already used to talking at home and signing at school. I never had problems with not signing at home because I could lipread very well. (At least, I developed that skill.)
There are some people who grow up with CI and never develop sign language and/or lip-reading skills. They feel it's not necessary because they can hear. With that being said, they're denying their deafness.
