Hey all.
I said in my last post relating to the CI that I wanted one, but I have decided not to get one.
For one thing, I have survived for 16 years without hearing anything. Will I die just because I don’t get one? No.
The oppression of people with cochlear implants is intolerable, and I do not want to be subjected to that. When a person gets a cochlear implant, they only have artifical hearing and they are still deaf. CI’s are not magic wands to solve everything. For some families, they may want to get their deaf kid a cochlear implant. But it is not for me right now, plus that wouldn’t ever change the fact that my first language is ASL and that speaking doesn’t feel natural to me at all.
Maybe I will change my mind in the far future, but I doubt it. I just do not need hearing and I will survive.
Thank you,
Kyle Brooks
