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Originally Posted by deafdyke
Yes, it's important for a kid to get good training in learning how to hear and speak................but what if the kid doesn't have a flair for speech? Then you've got a kid who is SEVERELY language delayed. All the pro oral advocates make it seem like ALL dhh kids speak the "Queen's English"......but if that's true then how come a lot of kids are still in speech therapy for language issues? How come oral kids aren't great at English?
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Excellent point, DD.
Yes, I agree training is good for learning to hear and speak with CIs. I have seen too many kids who could hear and speak with HAs and even pass for hearing at first glance but had serious language problems hence why I favor Bi-Bi.
Based on my limited experince with both late deafened and those who were implanted young, the CI does help with sound perceptions but you still have to prevent language delays. From what I've seen of some late deafened - if not all of them - they do still need aids like captioning, relay (in some cases if not all cases) and other aids so this suggests to me there are still some gaps in sound perception with the implant. This implies that you still have to work to prevent language delays in very young children.