[Ashley]

I was born deaf, and I can say that the cochlear implant idea is offensive in more ways than one. As some of the others posted, it feels as if the Hearies are trying to ‘make’ us one of them. That, I’m afraid, is the main reason why any parent would choose to do this to their child. They want their deaf child to BE hearing. Plus, not only is the skull being drilled into, but also the inner ear is destroyed in order for the implant wiring to be connected. For that reason, there is only one implant given. That, and if the child is given this, that eliminates any sports opportunities. Football? Forget it. Basketball? Nope. These sports would pose a risk of destroying the implant and possibly additional injury to the child.

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Name : Ashley, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Disability : Deaf, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 24, City : St. Augustine, State : FL, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, 

[Ashley]

It’s good you understand that ASL is a recognized language – but what you don’t know is, that the syntax of ASL is different from English. If you know Spanish, then you could compare ASL syntax as being very similar to that of Spanish. In ASL, the ‘little’ words are eliminated, being unneccessary. I’ll give you an example of English and ASL: English: Johnny went to the store and is home now. ASL: Johnny finish go store, now home. Looks more like the ‘written’ ASL you were talking about,doesn’t it? I write English so well because I read so much. Don’t be upset that the Deaf people seem to have that snotty attitude – it’s not entirely their fault. When you consider that the majority of deaf schools teach in such a way that their English is compromised, and they actually learn at a lower rate than that of their hearing peers…. Reading, most deaf kids graduating from high school have a reading level of maybe the 3rd or 4th grade. Any other questions? 🙂

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Name : Ashley, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Disability : Deaf, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 24, City : St. Augustine, State : FL, Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, 

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