Katie's Cochlear implant journey

* I apolgise for the English/spelling error on this video*

A Deaf Girl that was born Profoundly deaf has had a cochlear Implant 3 months ago. This how her journey went.

To find out more about how she getting on. Visit her blogs site on:

http://katie-louisescochlearimplant.blogspot.com/

Note: Getting a Cochlear Implant doesn't cure deafness. It's a device that helps them hear!

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[TheJediCharles]

@Zeoinx

When you say "deaf children have no choice to get a C.I." you omit the other choices they don't have, such as to be deaf needlessly. Here's the deal; if a child wishes to be part of deaf culture, they shouldn't have to be deaf to be so. Anyone should be able to learn ACL and have full access. I don't know why you people view treatable deaf infants as "born into your club" and you have more rights to them than their own parents.

Such views don't help your club. It's embarrassing it.

[TheJediCharles]

@Zeoinx

"they are lost in the deaf culture"

In that case, it's sad that deaf culture is so intolerant of the hearing. Why would a hearing person or formally-deaf person "lose deaf culture?" You do realize that doesn't shine well on it. It makes it appear to have less with giving the deaf a community and more to do with keeping outsiders out. Familiarity with ASL apparently isn't enough with them. That's going by your statements. That's not a virtue. It's pathetic.

[GlamorousPromises14]

it says at the begining "before she hada implant" and then the next scene her ipod is sitting on her desk and then it says that she got the ipod after she got the implant around 4:48 so...

[yarnpower]

It makes sense that a child getting an implant has a greater chance for better hearing than waiting until they are an adult, as children's brains are very adaptable.

And why should a child miss out on all the happy sounds until they are an adult? Music, other children and their own family laughing, birdsong, etc. The fun of going to the movies and hearing all the dialogue and sounds. Not to mention the added safety of hearing. Or the joy of eavesdropping while waiting in a check-out line!

[I3uttSweat]

@Zeoinx The hearing aids are much worse than the CI's, since they are not directly connected to the cochlear inside your ear. The main reason why people are deaf is because of broken sensory receptors inside the cochlear, the CI can actaully replace some of them.

[TheJediCharles]

@Zeoinx

I have compassion for your situation. What you're bringing to the table is your hearing impairment and imperfect experience with CI. What I'm bringing to the table is my love as a parent and concern for children and needless human suffering.

I find it alarming how much small-minded opposition there is for the C.I. across the board in the deaf community. I also am put off by C.I.s being installed and not followed through with comprehensive education as if there's nothing else needed.

[Zeoinx]

@TheJediCharles At first I thought you were talking about it because this video is about the C.I... (Apologize if I am wrong.) Ah, I understand. Same here, I never been to debating before. That was longest I ever had to debate. It's my first time to debate.

"Your personal anecdote is sad, but I don't know why you're telling it to me." Indeed, very much... I don't want these children to become same as me.

"it's true in every aspect of human learning. All." - Yeah, it's always.

[TheJediCharles]

@Zeoinx

Your personal anecdote is sad, but I don't know why you're telling it to me. There are just as many (actually more) success stories in the opposite direction.

The reason you weren't taught to sign at the same time you had a C.I. is because you cannot be native to both at the same time. One or the other would become dominant, period. And, how you were taught impacted success. There is no success like the success of total emersion, and it's true in every aspect of human learning. All.

[TheJediCharles]

@Zeoinx

What do you mean you thought I was talking about CI but "now" am talking about parental rights? I never was more interested in the CI than how it impacts parents. For example, if there was some hypothetical reason a CI was impossible before an individual was a grown adult, I'd not be here debating anything. The debate is obvious, deaf culture attempting to wedge itself in between deaf babies and their own parents. Nothing else matters than that legal/moral conflict.