Originally Posted by R2D2

That's true. But I think that with more people within deaf culture getting CIs this will be less of a factor. We were speaking more of a personal, political decision not to wear a CI. I knew a few people who made a political decision not to wear a hearing aid despite having grown up with them but most people seem to continue wearing them or resume after a break.

If Jillio is correct and CI wearers join the deaf culture in droves as young adults and continue to wear them, it would be interesting to see what kind of changes that might bring about in deaf culture itself in the future.