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I had no idea WHAT you were talking about from what I was reading in your post. From everyone else and their answers, I gathered that you were talking about cochlear implants. So, this is my opinion:


I definitely agree with everyone else that your friend should wait for the CI. It is definitely unfair for the child, just because the mother or father might feel uncomfortable with their child because he is "not normal". I think that it gets to the point where it is just ridiculous. Because, and this is what I understood with the CI from my schooling experiences, isn't it true that if you get this device that you won't really be able to swim or play many contact sports (or is it just with it on)?


And I watched some kind of a special about the cochlear implant, and it was saying that it typically DOES work and is successful for children that are, I believe, under age five. After that, it's kind of like a crapshoot. Like I said before, I just don't think it is right to do that to a child. So, to finish my comments, I agree with everyone else. It is not fair to choose that for the child because of the parent's comfort issues. (And I say that because I know someone that gave their child a hearing aid, and he still can't really hear anything in both ears anyway, and his parents refuse to teach him sign language. I think that is outrageous!)


So those are my opinions about that. And if you let me, there is always a possibility that I will keep rambling on and on and on and......................  :giggle:


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