Hear Again
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Shel,
I can see why parents of children with CIs want hearing teachers. It makes sense when you think about the fact that speech is the main emphasis when someone has a CI.
If it were my child who were implanted, I'd still encourage them to be part of the Deaf community and to have Deaf role models, but I can understand where hearing parents are coming from.
Perhaps that's just because of my oral upbringing. I'm not all that familiar with Deaf culture (in the true sense) so I may be off base and biased in my opinion.
I can see why parents of children with CIs want hearing teachers. It makes sense when you think about the fact that speech is the main emphasis when someone has a CI.
If it were my child who were implanted, I'd still encourage them to be part of the Deaf community and to have Deaf role models, but I can understand where hearing parents are coming from.
Perhaps that's just because of my oral upbringing. I'm not all that familiar with Deaf culture (in the true sense) so I may be off base and biased in my opinion.