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My parents got me implanted at age 2, does that not allow my parents accept the fact that I am deaf? They got it because just maybe, maybe I would love to have a CI when i get older. If not I can just take the processor off.
First few years of implanting a baby is like training a dog. The earlier you get them to be implanted, the better (likely in many cases) oral speech they are going to have when they get older. Same with puppies, training them is easy at first, as they get older, it will become harder and harder to make them trained.
People that get CI (recently my ex who is at RIT) start to hang out with other crowds because they can be able to diverse with people since they can hear others. They can always come back to the deaf crowd if they want. So yeah implants do change people themselves, but dont feel like they turned against you.
I just dont see how its a change for the worst, they (as you described) are more social.
So, you accept that just because one gets a CI, that's a reason to be a snob to other Deaf people who dont have CIs?
I have never had a CI user be a snob to me but I have heard of stories just like Vampy's and I think that is a shame.