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Originally Posted by R2D2
Yes. And also for more members of the deaf community to move to Raychelle's position in accepting that there are some advantages to early implantation. Then there might actually be some sort of peace LOL!
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OOOH ..that is a tough one.."early implantation" is a very sensitive subject within the Deaf community for several reasons. For myself, I am not comfortable with the idea because I am a HA user and severely profoundly deaf but can use my HAs so well so I believe that the doctors need to give babies more time to see how well they do with their HAs before implanting them. Now, we are seeing 6 month olds getting implanted? How will we ever know how well they could have done with HAs. That is why I am not comfortable with the idea of implanting babies. Doesnt mean I will reject the parents or the kids themselves but I will have to refrain my feelings and opinions from them.