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I share your impressions. I thought this might be interesting to people for various reasons, but if I'm honest, as an outsider to deaf culture, I found some of the rationales rather bizarre. For example: It's so dismissive of the ability to hear. I can't grasp that. I mean, it's so important to me in ways more fundamental than "hearing birds chirp, or whatever." It's all well and good to be part of a culture that provides support and acceptance, but being against cochlear implants for children who have a good chance of living in a way that reduces hardship for their parents seems . . . odd, at least from my point of view.and b) the fact that they like hearing birds chirp, or whatever.