Now you are asking for it again.. Thats what I meant by this quote that I have posted it over and over.
It is one thing to allow a person to choose to use an auditory device, but I see that it is unfair to decide for any individual to have a surgery that changes their physical properties. Once a person is mature enough to decide to have a CI surgically implanted, the decision should be made. To have a parent/guardian etc.choose this for a child is ridiculous.
No, it's called PARENTING!
No, it's called FORCING A KID to be something they're not.
Why should it be ok to force a person into a surgery that they may rely on for their entire life.
In order have the best possible benefit of today's technology
What about tomorrow's technology? It is also possible to "benefit" from the technology of the future, especially if it gets better. And why not raise the kid to be a deaf person?
Once a child has become accustomed to these devices it is something that they expect to have for the rest of their life. If the device fails or does not continue to work in the same way for their entire life, then they no longer can use what they have been expected to rely on. This is totally unfair to any child or adult.
No, it's unfair to withhold a child opportunities. When it does not work, as in some cases happens, then the child will be .... deaf. Nothing changed.
It's unfair to withhold a child opportunities to be himself/herself. Also, kids on CI's are rarely taught the "essentials" of how to live deaf too especially since it's the parents who want the CI. By "essentials" I mean Deaf Culture, signing, lipreading, and other things. If the kid doesn't want to wear the CI (keeps knocking it off, for example), are you going to punish the kid or let the kid get away with not wearing it?
If they have the choice to decide whether to use an auditory device or not then they can make that decision for themselves. It is wrong to force anyone to depend on something when naturally they are not going to have that.
Nor are they naturally having circomsicion, not are mothers naturally giving birth by ceasarian...
Those two examples have almost no effect on daily life of the child. CI's do.
Children cannot make that decision. They should have the choice to decide on adapting their physical properties on their own.
No, parents do that because they are parents and since they love the child they will do what they feel is in the best interest of the child.
See Liebling and Cheri's post for two examples of parents who do NOT love deaf kids for who they are.
This should not take place unless they have been fully educated on ALL of the possibilities...positive and negative.
And when your house in on fire, you can also think about all pro's and cons.... instead of acting!
WTF does THAT have to do with the CI?
If a child relies on the auditory device and then it suddenly isn’t working anymore, then it is something that they have no choice but to have taken from them. These surgeries are not inexpensive. It takes money to maintain these devices and not all people are able to keep up with this. What happens when a child decides that they do not want to utilize this technology?
It will stop using it and continues as deaf... at least it had a choice.
No, it will be punished by the parents for refusing to wear it at the age of 5.
It is wrong to force a person to rely on something each day, when naturally they may be better off without a device being implanted into their bodies.
Naturally, people hear!
Naturally DEAF PEOPLE DO NOT HEAR.
Insurance does not cover a CI removal. If a person chooses that route then more power to them,but it is not an issue that should be decided by a person that will not have to live with it. The person that is getting a surgery of this type or any other surgery should be allowed to choose for themselves. It is something that will have impact, whether positive or negative, a person for the rest of their life.
You mean like not having a CI also will have an impact. Positive and negative
By forcing an individual into a life altering procedure it is the same as saying you are not “good” enough the way that you were born. You must change physically for you to be accepted by the real world. Is this really the impression we want to make on deaf children.
That's the impression YOU give to these children. The parents love the child and want the best for them. YOU tell the children that they are not good enough. You cover it up in stories about the parents, but in fact, you think that these deaf Ci-children are inferior..... Well, newsflash, they are NOT.
Read Liebling's and Cheri's posts again very carefully if you think this is so.
It is a huge put down to deaf childrens true identity. People must have a choice, it is only fair! We should appreciate the differences in all people. If we were all the same, then the world would be a very boring place.
True identity... Born deaf, living in a hearing world with help of CI. What's wrong with that identity.
Deafness nowadays is becoming a choice. Identities of hoh/deaf has expanded to hoh/deaf/ci. Deal with it.
You keep claiming it is the parents' choice, not the kids' choice.
Therefore we have the right to maintain the status we were born with...people need to learn to accept that. Any adaptation that needs to be made should be made within the faultfinders, not the children. Acceptance is KEY! Need I say more?
No, you're on your way to Harlan Lane..... There he is...
<< Me (gnulinuxman)
"Tell the mothers I said, "Don't try to change your child; you are the adult, you bear the burden of change" - Harlan Lane Thats what it needs to get through your head.
Seeing as how there are more cons than pros to getting a CI, ( as such stated in other topics), It is more responsible to NOT implant a child. You dont need to hear to be alive. And if a d/Deaf child is not good enough for you then you need to reconsider your morals and prejudices. Like it, love it, or leave it alone.
Impressive interpretation of the topics and posts. And according to my list a deaf child with CI has far more pro's living with it's hearing parents than con's. I dare to say that also for a deaf child with CI living with deaf parents there are more pro's than con's.... Care to sum them up?
Read Liebling's and Cheri's posts.
Thank you!
Sweetmind
I has the same feeling as you.
Have you had a chance to read the entire thread? If you haven't read my post on page 5, Please read. 
