Implants are replacing sign language among deaf kids
On a related note, how CIs can benefit deaf children and the possible impact on the future of the culturally Deaf.
The night before Karol Danielsson’s deaf son would have a cochlear implant surgically inserted in his inner ear, she and her husband wrote a letter to the then 2-year-old boy.
John, now 4, won’t be able to open it until his 16th birthday.
The Seattle couple wrote the letter because they knew the surgery would be life-changing, no matter what the outcome. "This was a most difficult decision your father and I made, but we feel that, by doing this, we were just opening doors for you," they said.
Today, John can hear clearly and speaks distinctly.
