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“Metaphor is one of our most important tools for trying to comprehend partially what cannot be comprehended totally”. — George Lakoff and Mark Johnson

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'Spoken language is not accessible for many deaf infants and
children. This is true even for children who have
cochlear implants, because the success rate with
cochlear implants is highly variable [15-17]. While many
studies of the language and psycho-social development
of implanted children conclude that cochlear implants
are valuable, other studies of implanted children’s language
skills in daily communication beyond speech skills
within a laboratory setting reveal that an alarmingly
large percentage of implanted children are not receiving
sufficient benefits and continue to demonstrate weakness
in language competence. A closer examination of
these studies finds that a significant number of these
children do not communicate with ease in a speech-only
environment even after years of rehabilitative training
[[18-31], among others]. Assuredly, there are spectacular
successes that have been reported in the literature cited
here, but they do not represent the majority of deaf children,
and unfortunately, even those very successful individuals
often demonstrate some cognitive difficulties.'


'Harm to society from linguistic deprivation
Because many deaf people have been linguistically
deprived at some level, epidemiological studies of deaf
people have revealed some alarming and undesired statistics.
Deaf people have a higher rate of illiteracy [55],
imprisonment [56,57] and unemployment [58,59]. Illiteracy
strongly correlates with high unemployment, poverty
and poor health (often due to lack of access to information
about good health choices and risky behavior).
While poverty has negative effects even for hearing children
[60], those effects are multiplied when the child is
linguistically deprived, making the child even less likely
to be able to participate constructively in society. We
also find that deaf children and adults who cannot communicate
with those around them are abused more frequently
[61-63]. Victims of maltreatment, particularly in
childhood, have a higher incidence of mental disturbance
and risky behaviors, exacting additional costs on
society [64-66]. Given these facts, it is predictable that
linguistically deprived deaf people would have a higher
incidence of imprisonment - either because they engage
in criminal activity, sometimes under coercion [67], or
because they cannot participate in defending themselves
against accusations of such activities. All of these factors
burden society. Further, the loss to society of the potential
productivity of all these people is significant. Clearly,
linguistic deprivation is harmful not only to the affected
individuals, but to the society at large.'

[Source: http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/c...]

NB: Linguistic deprivation occurs rarely among hearing children, and only in the most unusual circumstances, such as in children who have grown up without being surrounded by human language, or in children who have been denied language as an act of abuse.

^Read: Language deprivation is abuse.

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"Using sign language and identifying with the Deaf community significantly contributes to positive self-esteem in children with severe-profound sensory neural hearing loss (Jambor & Elliott 2005.)"

“61% of D/HH children in mainstream programs have mental health problems, double the rate found in hearing children (Hindley, Hill, McGuigan & Kitson (1993).

“Lack of language acquisition and access is the biggest barrier to self actualization for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. (Laura. T. Peterson, Julie Rems-Smario, CSDF)"

“Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs assumes language access in meeting physiological, safety and belonging needs which are at its foundation.

Relying solely on unreliable, limited or distorted auditory language input translates into a greater risk of lifetime language delays for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (D/HH) children. (Laura. T. Peterson, Julie Rems-Smario, CSDF)"

[Sources: http://issuu.com/csdthrive/docs/baby_... (p. 20-21)]

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Want to REALLY understand what's going on, you must watch the following two videos:

(1)    • Language Deprivation Syndrome Lecture   --- In my opinion this is an absolute MUST watch! The whole thing. I hope you will WATCH THIS one.

(2)    • Interview with Dr. Petitto on Pediatric Im...   --- PLEASE! Watch this one. I think you'll find it very interesting. Helps add to the framing of the CI debate.