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Originally Posted by authentic
...My point is in the future hearing people learn ASL, but they will have nobody to communicate ASL with since many deaf people are able to hear/speak with CI's on. BUT for those deaf people will keep ASL culture, and my concern is to look at statistics, how many deaf people in deaf schools right now compares to 1980's. In the future, few deaf people ... more hearing people meaning ASL will not be around that much in the general besides the deaf community.
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The use of CI's is not an automatic dis-use of ASL. I know many CI users who still use ASL and associate with the Deaf community. As long as the non-CI Deaf maintain a welcoming, non-judgmental attitude, the CI deaf will continue to feel comfortable using ASL with them.