Deaf Prespective, Re: Sweet Nothings In My Ear

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I would take issue with that statement... many who have not recived

or got a CI at a later age have done just as well or better as those

who got a CI early often due to the fact that they had ACCESSIBLE

LANGUAGE early in life in the form of Sign Language. there are just

too many variables to justify you statment as degrees of success in

acquiring oral language depend on way to many other issues not just

the CI. This is one of those Myths that the Medical community and CI

advocates perpetuate....

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> There is a belief in deaf circles that parents should not implant their

> children, and they can make a choice to do so when they are adults,

even

> with the explanation that the implant is crucial for the critical

period of

> learning oral language.

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