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Originally Posted by Cloggy
Great - we're on-topic.... I'll take your word for it.
Now you throw in 9 years old... ask him/her why he/she wants to take it off...
That's a first...... what's holding you back? - I'll reply anyway...
Remember that exposure to signlanguage is the best way to learn signlanguage?
The same for speech. When the someone takes off the CI, exposure to speech stops....
Makes sense?
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I don't know this kid very well, but noticed he said he did not want to wear it because the batteries was empty, but they was measured to be ok. My mistake I did not mention he was nine years old before!
The no-CI no-speech stuff does not make sense to me. The best speechers are often those raised bilingual from what I have seen, and I know deaf people that are too deaf for HA and CI that can speak and lipread ok.
But agree that CI can help with speech and listening in the early years if the child is comfortable with the device and enjoy the skills.