Wow...I find this to be incredibly disturbing on so many levels. It explains why I have had audiologists and other doctors really advocating for these CIs and their insistence that I "strongly consider" getting CIs. I have been resistant from the start.
I was born a hearing person, I lost my hearing and now I am deaf and Deaf...and damned proud of it. Learning ASL. After reading this I will not EVER get a CI. This whole thing just pisses me off.