The colour of one's hearing aid is irrelevant to its purpose.
The observation of some people in Toronto not speaking English is correct, however, they usually are not the people I might interact with- business/social areas. Different areas perhaps may have different interactions.
Why be upset if a DEAF person doesn't subscribe to the sociological term "deaf culture"? I have asked a number of persons over the years I have known if they ever heard of "deaf culture"? No. This doesn't include CHS, of course. To me ASL is communication by signs/facial expression. That is what I understand from the Introduction to Sign Communication-long time ago. Isn't that what LeClerc and others started out devising ASL? back in France a few hundred years ago? Relabeling doesn't change what it is.
Having dealt with Hearing Loss over 50 years was an "advantage" when I became "late deafened". I knew exactly what to do- thanks to CHS- to get into the Cochlear Implant programme at Sunnybrook/toronto as quickly as possible.
Advanced Bionics Harmony activated Aug/07
