Errr
Sorry to steer this backwards, but I still fail to see who actively choosing to have a child which is deaf from the off is a good idea. It's hardly a social issue, as ours is a very noisey world, and often you'll hear danger before you see it. Where it is a social issue though, is that communication with the average individual will be difficult as not everyone is fluent in sign and there'll always be some who will ostracise, or be otherwise unsympathetic to, the child for lacking the ability to hear.

IF i am missing something here, I'll readily accept enlightenment. I'm no biologist or sociologist or whatever.
(Impuritan, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 18:05, Reply)