Interesting Jillio has to answer for PFH. You missed the fact that I have a Cochlear Implant. I am still deaf/Deaf however. I don't accept the premise that one has to utilize ASL ,exclusively, to experience life after deafness. If an Implant works one can again "hear sounds" which one did prior to going "deaf".
What is the thinking of every person who makes the decision to "get a Cochlear Implant" mean? Increasing-why?
Life is ongoing and some days "new experiences occur". True for everyone. However how one deals with "it" is up to you.
It is interesting you should tell me to experience deafness beyond "superficial silence"-have you? If so, how do you so describe?Again, I am NOT talking about what anyone does interacting in ASL with whoever is in one's life-now but the actual experience of silence( not hearing sound) at one's personal level. Assuming of course, one is capable of introspection. Perhaps problematical?
Can anyone imagine trying to understand such a convoluted discussion in the "friendly deaf/Deaf community" using ASL? Enough here on a computer screen.
Implanted Advanced Bionics-Harmony activated Aug/07
