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Originally Posted by habernac
My neighbour's two year old boy has the implants, he's the cutest kid in the world. His uncle is also deaf and was very disappointed that his brother would have this done to his son. I was very surprised how vehemently against this procedure a lot of deaf people are. He tried to use the example of music but his brother has no idea what it is. His reasoning: "If you don't know what it is, how can you miss it?"
One thing I would love to have that this boy does: if he gets too cranky and wants to tune everyone out, he simply takes off his implants.
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My response to the uncle is that if there were an implant I could get that would allow me to "see" electromagnetic fields, to be able to sense them, even though it isn't a natural sense for a Human to have (although it is with fish), I would seriously consider it. It has nothing to do with "fixing" someone who can't hear, as in this case I couldn't be considered to be "fixing" myself. It has more to do with capabilities, and experiences.
The boy can still experience being deaf more than anyone else could, as he can switch his implant off. In fact, he should still be trained to handle life without his implant, as there may be circumstances where it stops working.