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It’s About What Works For the Individual
When Someone Decides on a Life-Changing Surgery, Is It Our Place to Call Out That Decision?
Anyone who knows me well, knows I am a fan of Mandy Harvey, and she recently announced that she had made a decision she felt was right for her, the decision was to get a Cochlear Implant, some think that getting a Cochlear magically makes the person hearing, of course that is not the case, and a person should decide for against a Cochlear based on their own needs.
But if a person decides on a Cochlear implant does that really give anyone the right to judge a person on said decision.
I am not deaf, my extent of deaf or hoh culture comes from friends I grew up with who we’re hearing impaired, so maybe this isn’t a subject I should be writing about, but here I am, sharing my opinion, and it’s simply this, we all have decisions we make everyday decisions that are right or wrong for us, but they are our decisions to make. The same is true for those who decide on a Cochlear or decide not to get one.
