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A CI with young children is fine but with deaf adults, that makes no sense.

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–Not with regular deaf people but people with sudden deafness could use it.

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–What I mean is that you and I would get a CI now, that would not work. But children still need to develop...

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...and I see it working better that way. But signs should stay I think.

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–She has a question.

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You need signs to get information.

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–As a reassurance.

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–Listen. It's never black and white.

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A child that is handicapped will always be handicapped. With a CI people think that a child is completely the same as them, and that's not the case.

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They're still damaged and they will never hear a 100% and will have to read lips as well.

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Sign language together with sign-supported speech is fine. But sign language should be the foundation. You'll have it for the rest of your life.

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They haven't researched how long a CI works. They've been doing this for just 20 years. Do you know what it's like in 50 or 60 years?

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With a CI you don't know what the future will be like. But sign language will last you a lifetime.

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So the combination of deaf and sign language is the best option.

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–Many parents don't accept deafness. They feel that you need a CI in order to learn how to talk well.

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–Many parents think that sign language is difficult. It is difficult to learn a new language, but if you try you can do it.

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–You see that children become happy when you sign.

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For hearing parents, who don't know anything about deafness, a CI is a quick fix. Like, we don't have to bother with it anymore.

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But those parents should also see the other side and become aware of the possibilities that deaf people have.

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It's not just about a surgery. They also need the other information.

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–They'll lose income, they won't do that.

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The amount of surgeries will reduce, they'll have less work and less money. It makes sense that they don't do it. Now they make a lot of money.

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–Yeah, those doctors care about money too. They also don't inform people about the existence of deaf schools.

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These children end up at regular schools where they feel lonely. –Often they only give positive...

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–Doctors should also talk about the aids. For example a woman with a CI who had to be woken up by her husband every morning. Even though there are special alarms for that.

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These people had never heard of them. This was an older lady who had become deaf.

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–Yeah... I can imagine that a CI is fine for people with post-lingual or sudden deafness. They know what it's like to hear, and have always had hearing friends.

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Becoming deaf is a shock to them. But for those who were raised deaf, pfff, horrible...

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We are just toys. "Look over there, that one has a CI, luckily, oh how great!" That's no use to me.