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From: Elizabeth.Spiers@p0.f147.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Elizabeth Spiers)
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Subject: Re: (2 of 2): Genetic Engineering?
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

I would like to respond to your comment about children wearing cochlear
implants.  Cochlear implants are extremely expensive, difficult to take
care of, and a lot of responsibility.  These reasons alone should be
enough for children not to wear them.  In addition, I strongly believe
that the chlld should be old enough to understnad what a cochlear
implant is and what it means, and he/she should get an implant because
he/she wants it, not because the parents do.  Children, especially very
young ones, can use other means such as ASL, other sign systems, and
speech therapy to get along in the world until they are old enough to
make the decisions themselves (in my opinion, not before late high
school age!_)

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