rick48
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...I prefer that children not be implanted and wait until they are of age to make the decisions for themselves cuz it is their bodies. I dont think adults should choose but again it is their business. If I had a deaf child, I would never choose to get an implant. I know the child can develop language without a CI. I and many other deaf people without CIs are proof of that.
You are right, it is the parents' business and part of our responsibilities is to make decisions on behalf of our children because they are precisely that: children.
I do not believe anyone is saying that deaf children need a ci in order to develop language for obviously it is no aid to the development of a manual language however, in this day and age there is really no longer any issue as to the effect that a ci combined with oral language therapy can have upon the development of oral language skills and especially when children recieve their cis as early as possible.
You are always mentioning the ci "failures" at your school (who comprise a small percentage of your total ci population approximately 5 out of 40) however how many profoundly deaf children at your school are there without cis and without oral speech and language therapy who have developed a fluency in speaking an oral language?
Rick