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Dec. 2nd, 2025 06:57 pmidunno if something's in the water on this particular topic (because i saw three articles on it today) but man, without fail, every single article i've read except *one* on cochlear implants misses the point in regards to nuances with individual variations to a comical degree, and i have to grit my teeth every time.
i love mine, would not have the career I do without it, would 10/10 have the surgery again as a toddler (and if you know me who had legitimate surgery trauma for other bone structure reasons for ages, that says a hell of a lot to say that). it's not without caveats, it's not the kind of thing to be handed out without research in all directions considering how *every* surgery including cosmetic/gender affirming/etc can go sideways, and there's an investment/resources factor to it (you have to put a few years of speech therapy into it afterwards) but there's a lot of really complex historical friction with the capital-Deaf community that i fear is unduly influencing/skewing a certian...... tenor .... of the articles.
like yeah maybe one learns not to be public with this trait because of death threats and it's a pain in the ass to be looking over one's shoulder when there's a life to live lol. but again, it's complex with no clean answer, and we'd be here for ages if i got into it.
(be civil in the comments. dissenting experiences is one thing, but this *is* a personal journal post-half-weary-sigh-of-a-vent; it's public for now but i will access lock if there's tomfoolery.)
i love mine, would not have the career I do without it, would 10/10 have the surgery again as a toddler (and if you know me who had legitimate surgery trauma for other bone structure reasons for ages, that says a hell of a lot to say that). it's not without caveats, it's not the kind of thing to be handed out without research in all directions considering how *every* surgery including cosmetic/gender affirming/etc can go sideways, and there's an investment/resources factor to it (you have to put a few years of speech therapy into it afterwards) but there's a lot of really complex historical friction with the capital-Deaf community that i fear is unduly influencing/skewing a certian...... tenor .... of the articles.
like yeah maybe one learns not to be public with this trait because of death threats and it's a pain in the ass to be looking over one's shoulder when there's a life to live lol. but again, it's complex with no clean answer, and we'd be here for ages if i got into it.
(be civil in the comments. dissenting experiences is one thing, but this *is* a personal journal post-half-weary-sigh-of-a-vent; it's public for now but i will access lock if there's tomfoolery.)
