cochlear implant testimony

shel90 said:
I know...sad that many deaf children cant communicate with each other because of oralism.
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Yeah it sad. I seen it so many times too. Also oral kids can't communicate with signers but signers can communicate with oral kids easier so it becomes more of one way conversation (not counting paper and pen). I noticed that lots of signers are more flexiable how to communicate with people (deaf/hearing) can't sign.
 
I was implanted as a 10 year old and I grew up to learn to talk, you can call it oralism, anyway it does depend on the circumstances. I was in a deaf school, still managed to learn to sign and still use it. The school did not try and stop us from signing with the children whose first language was BSL. I have never had pain from my implant, you should go to see your surgeon/audiologist.
 
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