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From: Jay.Croft@p0.f147.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jay Croft)
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Subject: Re: NAD Position Paper
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Date: 11 Apr 91 04:36:09 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Putting a hearing aid, or a cochlear implant, onto a deaf person does
not make a hearing person.  The person is still deaf.

I wore a hearing aid for 25 years.  Then I got an infection in my ear;
my doctor advised me to leave it off for a few days so the ear would not
be a little greenhouse.

I found that I could function just fine without it, so I never put it
back on.  I've no beef against anyone who can benefit from hearing aids
or implants--but let's not fool ourselves that the person no longer is
deaf.

The NAD paper seems to bring out this point.

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