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I want to try something a little different with this thread. I don't know if it will work, but we'll see.

I want each person to write their true opinion about cochlear implants. Nothing more. Don't respond to other's remarks or opinions. Just write your thoughts, and read other's. Include your thoughts on implanting children, effectiveness, oral only, Deaf culture, etc.

Thanks!!
 
I am not against cochlear implants. They are a form of amplification.

I am against oral only though and I believe all Deaf children have a right to Sign Language and Deaf culture, CI or not.
 
I am not opposed to CIs. If I had a d/Deaf child, I don't know whether I would implant them or not. However, if I chose to, I would make sure they had equal exposure to oral, ASL and Deaf Culture. I would give them speech therapy, but if my son or daughter was struggling, I would place full emphasis on ASL for communication.
 
I support cochlear implants.

I also support families rights to make the choice for or against cochlear implants. I support the choice in communication choices.
 
I am also not against CIs. I think they are appropreate with the right circumstances. I think they are fab for people with low speech perception or no speech perception. Also for people with severe recruitment or tintutas.
I do think they are being promoted as the latest "gotta have thing"
 
I'm not against cochlear implants, I think they are an useful tool. Although I do believe that it would benefit the child more to learn more than just English. Children who are bilingual or fluent in several languages are more likely to be more successful than these who are monolingual. A child's brain is like a sponge. It is capable of learning so much.
 
Banjo said:
I'm not against cochlear implants, I think they are an useful tool. Although I do believe that it would benefit the child more to learn more than just English. Children who are bilingual or fluent in several languages are more likely to be more successful than these who are monolingual. A child's brain is like a sponge. It is capable of learning so much.
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lolo banjo mate, getting away ahead of yourself are ye not:giggle:
best let them learn to hear again and then start on english methinks.

yes Im for Ci's, obviously, i have just been implanted myself, if my child was deaf i would also agree to have them implanted.
so they can enjoy the best of both worlds and not confine themselves to a very small minority, it's a big wide world out there for all for us to embrace, not to isolate.
 
I am not against CI. I support CI. But I don't support the Oral without sign language. I like the child to learn speak and signs in same time.

I just wonder. Do you learn sign language and teach to your daughter?
 
I am totally in favor of CI, in fact, my surgery is next Friday. As for children, I think that is on a case by case basis but if it helps the child then yes. As for oralism alone? Just from reading and being a part of this forum I would say no. ASL is such a wonderful form of language that should be nurtured.
 
etalton said:
I am totally in favor of CI, in fact, my surgery is next Friday. As for children, I think that is on a case by case basis but if it helps the child then yes. As for oralism alone? Just from reading and being a part of this forum I would say no. ASL is such a wonderful form of language that should be nurtured.
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That's make sense! I like the ASL with stories from book and audio. I noticed in store have an audio for children books to read and listen the audio. It's good for child with CI to hear and understand.
 
~♥~Pinky~♥~ said:
That's make sense! I like the ASL with stories from book and audio. I noticed in store have an audio for children books to read and listen the audio. It's good for child with CI to hear and understand.
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Off-topic...

faire_jour asked us not to comment on each other's posts. Instead, she wants us to share our opinions about CIs.
 
As a basic response, they scare me. I can understand, but do not appreciate, the motivations behind going through a surgery that does carry risks (even if it is one of the safer surgeries you can have) in pursuit of hearing. And again, if you choose to receive implants as an adult, that's your choice and not my problem.

Childhood implantation, on the other hand, I am against. This isn't something I can really flail either way about- I can't understand remotely how someone could put their child's wellbeing at risk for the sake of giving them access to communication through hearing as opposed to some other sense. I've seen the idea that you are 'making the choice' for your future deaf adult by choosing not to implant them in childhood, where it is vastly more successful- and to be honest, I have nothing I can offer to that. If you choose not to implant your child, you are making a choice to protect them, and every choice has consequences. And your child might just grow up to hate you for it- and you might just regret it.. but I still believe it is the best choice possible.

I'm not going to dispute the effectiveness of implants- the fact that quite a few members here have experienced dramatic increase in speech perception, environmental awareness, so on and so forth, is proof in itself. Implants almost always work.

I am not against teaching children how to speak or speechread- both are quite helpful skills to take out to the world. That said, I think the price paid for oral -only- is a price too great- prices plenty of members here have paid, ranging from being isolated from other deaf children, suffering your education because you aren't using a language that is completely accessible to you, losing out on time that could be spent.. being a child, in speech therapy. Those are very real, very important prices.. and for what? So you can say your child is better than other deaf children?

But again, I am not against speaking or speechreading in any way. I simply think oral only takes away the balance that can be found in other approaches- namely, using ASL as a primary, accessible language, and also being given access to speech- just not so much that it outweighs the rest of your life, or that failure is seen as a failure on your part.

I know that quite a few people here might disagree, but those are my 2c.
 
Cochlear Implants is probably the best thing that ever happened to Lotte.
She is able to perceive the sounds of the worlds, and is using them 100% to communicate with whoever she meets.
Even with the CI off, she still continues to speak to others and herself. Speech is definitely her way of communication.

Without CI, and the possibility to perceive sounds, she would not have been able to communicate with her Dutch grandparents and other family in the same way she can now. Living in Norway, the telephone is an important tool to keep contact, and Lotte loves to use it.

Sign has been used pre-"CI" but has been discontinued by Lotte first, and us as well, when it was obvious there was no interest from her side.
Who knows, perhaps she will start using it again when she's older and explores the world around her..

At the moment there is no connection to Deaf culture. Focus is on "Hearing" culture at the moment. Making sure that her environment (from children to adults, teachers etc) is supporting her 100% with her journey in the hearing world. This requires a lot of effort and initiatives from us, the parents. Making sure the support is arranged, explanations are given to other children who wonder what the cables&coils are.. (And the explanation .. "she needs them to hear" is often enough..)

Without CI, Lotte would have been in a different place. Better or worse is something that cannot be judged, but she would definitely have a lot less communication with the world around her.
 
I support attaining a CI as like an HA, it is another device that enables us to hear. What I really dislike are those who think their deaf lifestyle is threatened by the use of these devices. It's an individual's choice and should not be forced to accept being deaf indefinitely. Just like they have the choice to use ASL (or equivalent), others may decide hearing is a better option for them.
 
I am not opposed to cochlear implants. The CI has provided benefit to many. It is a personal choice. My opposition is to using technology to justify an oral only environment that forces a deaf child to rely on their weakest sense to acquire and learn language, and to prevent them from developing a connection to those that can provide them with the psychosocial support they need to grow into healthy, happy, well adjusted, and well educated adults.
 
I am not against CIs but against the view that because a child has a CI, the child should be educated auditorally only.
 
faire_jour said:
I want to try something a little different with this thread. I don't know if it will work, but we'll see.

I want each person to write their true opinion about cochlear implants. Nothing more. Don't respond to other's remarks or opinions. Just write your thoughts, and read other's. Include your thoughts on implanting children, effectiveness, oral only, Deaf culture, etc.

Thanks!!
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