I think that was my fault! I used CI as an example of an issue between hearing parents and Deaf people, and somehow it blew up in this thread. 
Anyway, I spoke to my speech therapist and she said this "In working with a new child and parent, I most often find that the (hearing) parent wants their child to listen and talk, and is somewhat afraid of letting them lipread or use gestures. It's usually harder for me to convince parents to prioritize communication (use lipreading and natural gestures) than to use visual and gestural deprivation."
It shows evidence that there's a lot of hearing parents who have that mentality of making their child as normal as possible.
