I don't know about you or others. I disagree with your opinion about everything relating with CI users or attitudes. Lots of reasons why they feel so insecure and put on chips on their shoulders and act tough.
I was born profoundly deaf. I have been attending to speech therapist when i was a kid. I found it so useless to me. I wasn't lazy for it. I did put lots of efforts to practice with speaking but still feel that it was no point for me to speak not well. While I sign and i felt it that is right for me over speak like it is my natural sign than speak. I decided to end the speech therapist and made better choices such as joining any kind of sports which were more useful for me. I have been wearing my hearing aid all my life. Until I get older and close to 40's. I figure out that I will live like 30 to 40 years or more. I thought I would like to try CI in order to hear so curiosity more. Once in a while, I do become restless when I hear so silent. Actually, I like to hear something so noise that keeps me sane. That is the reason why I go for CI to hear more for myself. Needless to say, I don't expect to speak better or listen better. I only want to hear more sounds what CI can offer, nothing else. If I get a CI and I would not be surprised to learn something and will tell you if so. Of course I would rather be a deaf chickie with a sound tool then that is who i am. In the case, I always think that if i get a CI then I will feel like a semi-borg. 
