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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't post before, but I had thought that cochlear implants were a cure now? My cousin is an audiologist who works with infants and I believe she told me this. [/quote] I desperately need that popcorn eating emoticon. So, cochlear implants are only a cure if you consider deafness a disease/disability rather than Deafness as a socio-linguistic group. Cochlear implants do not give you "perfect" hearing. It sounds kind of like a fuzzy radio not fully tuned in. Some people, including mostly hearing people with deaf children, find that a good substitute. Many in the Deaf community do not, and would prefer to have perfect command of a language (ASL) rather than imperfect command of another (spoken English). [/quote]
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