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For the record I am not anti CI. I think that its an amazing piece of technology that does help many people. I also know based on my experience that its not an easy decision especially when it comes to implanting an infant or young child. I just think that for any parent to make an informed decision they need full access to the facts with regard to every aspect of success and failures. Otherwise you are not really making an informed decision.
Ohhhh..no no that's not what I was implying about u, Rockdrummer..being anti-CI.
My point was that it appears that you r providing important information that isn't well known to try to help others. My feelings from reading the other posts is that some parents here seem on the defensive side about the information u r sharing. I could be making a mountain of a molehill so I am just asking if my perspective is correct? At my work, when the audiologist explain the factors that contributed to the reasons for the CI not benefiting their children, the parents become defensive even though the audiologist made it clear that it wasn't their fault. It makes me wonder why get defensive? Sometimes things don't work out the way we want to especially when it comes to something as complex as hearing losses and the technology associated with it and it seems that the parents don't want to accept the fact that it can happen. That's my assumption.
I just was asking and if that's the case then help me understand why so I can understand where the parents of my students r coming from.
Thanks