Cloggy, not quite.And if "neglect" has been used anywhere, it most likely has been made TO parents that chose for a CI and the oral way...... "neglecting" the " true / real / natural " language of the deaf.....
That I have been accused of plenty of times..
In this area you've got some bonus points, since you started Lotte out on Sign. You weren't "spoken language" chaunavistic the way a lot of parents who choose oral are. We Deafies aren't against oral language aqquestion. We are against AUDIST attitudes that are so prevalent (ie that Sign is just for oral failures) Parents who push a full toolbox methodology, but whose kids decide on their OWN to speak get NO grief from us Deafies. Remember many Deaf people were oral sucesses, and were late in coming to the deaf world!