Yes I'm quite familiar with Cochlear Implants (CI) and that's the attitude among the deaf community.

You have to understand, getting CI is a high risk move because it can screw up the brainwaves and requires a lot of conditioning, more than for anyone who wears a hearing aid(s). My deaf friend who got CI at a very young age, complained from severe migraines because of the CI she got. Underwent another operation and the headaches didn't go away. Finally she had it removed and all of a sudden the headaches went away. Of course, experience varies individually and technology has improved since then (my friend got it about 30 years ago).

I've met some deaf people who wears CI and they don't even know sign language because they went through the oral method (teaching them to pay attention to the lips and try to listen as often as possible to the sounds then speak back) rather than learning sign language. This is one of the many reasons why CI is a threat to the deaf community because it takes away their ability to communicate the "proper" way, which is using American Sign Language (ASL). I've also met some deaf people who regretted getting CIs because it didn't work for them and it's "too late" for them to learn sign language. That's the sad part - it's NEVER too late to learn sign language but they were conditioned to think it's too late. Also it's "offensive" to call someone who wears CIs "deaf", because they don't consider themselves deaf anymore, even though they are. They will always be part of the deaf culture no matter what they say.

You're right that the deaf community is saying with CI's, the parents are denying the fact that deafness is a disability. It's also because they DON'T want to acknowledge the fact that their child(ren) has a disability. The sad part about this is when the mother is seeing their family doctor/OB-GYN regarding their pregnancy and the doctor finds out the baby will be deaf, the doctor makes an immediate suggestion for the mother (or the parents) to get CIs for their baby. The reason for this is because when the baby gets the CI, they are accustomed to hearing sounds in the infancy stage so it will grow onto them as they grow up. When the mother/parents ask about sign language, the doctor often tells them not to bother with that as the baby will become "fluent" at hearing and speaking, "thanks to CIs".

I've heard stories from deaf parents who fully knew their baby will be deaf as it's hereditary and even the doctor urged the parents to get CIs for their deaf baby and many times, the parents said no. I've heard one story where the doctor held the baby "hostage" for a week because the doctor felt it was important for the baby to get CI, but the deaf parents continued to say no. The deaf parents threatened with a lawsuit if the doctor doesn't let them leave with the baby and the doctor finally gave up.

This is why CIs has been viewed negatively among the deaf community. It pretty much started with Alexander Graham Bell, believe it or not. Hillary Clinton also advocated for CIs and sadly, many deaf people who are against CIs, ignore this crucial detail about her as they continue to support Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation, and the Democrats. I'd provide a source to this but I think it got scrubbed. I found this out maybe 7 years ago and it stuck on me for a long time.

EDIT: We do say, "Hey have you heard about this?!" even though we don't hear but we understand what that meant lol

Yes I'm quite familiar with Cochlear Implants (CI) and that's the attitude among the deaf community.

You have to understand, getting CI is a high risk move because it can screw up the brainwaves and requires a lot of conditioning, more than for anyone who wears a hearing aid(s). My deaf friend who got CI at a very young age, complained from severe migraines because of the CI she got. Underwent another operation and the headaches didn't go away. Finally she had it removed and all of a sudden the headaches went away. Of course, experience varies individually and technology has improved since then (my friend got it about 30 years ago).

I've met some deaf people who wears CI and they don't even know sign language because they went through the oral method (teaching them to pay attention to the lips and try to listen as often as possible to the sounds then speak back) rather than learning sign language. This is one of the many reasons why CI is a threat to the deaf community because it takes away their ability to communicate the "proper" way, which is using American Sign Language (ASL). I've also met some deaf people who regretted getting CIs because it didn't work for them and it's "too late" for them to learn sign language. That's the sad part - it's NEVER too late to learn sign language but they were conditioned to think it's too late. Also it's "offensive" to call someone who wears CIs "deaf", because they don't consider themselves deaf anymore, even though they are. They will always be part of the deaf culture no matter what they say.

You're right that the deaf community is saying with CI's, the parents are denying the fact that deafness is a disability. It's also because they DON'T want to acknowledge the fact that their child(ren) has a disability. The sad part about this is when the mother is seeing their family doctor/OB-GYN regarding their pregnancy and the doctor finds out the baby will be deaf, the doctor makes an immediate suggestion for the mother (or the parents) to get CIs for their baby. The reason for this is because when the baby gets the CI, they are accustomed to hearing sounds in the infancy stage so it will grow onto them as they grow up. When the mother/parents ask about sign language, the doctor often tells them not to bother with that as the baby will become "fluent" at hearing and speaking, "thanks to CIs".

I've heard stories from deaf parents who fully knew their baby will be deaf as it's hereditary and even the doctor urged the parents to get CIs for their deaf baby and many times, the parents said no. I've heard one story where the doctor held the baby "hostage" for a week because the doctor felt it was important for the baby to get CI, but the deaf parents continued to say no. The deaf parents threatened with a lawsuit if the doctor doesn't let them leave with the baby and the doctor finally gave up.

This is why CIs has been viewed negatively among the deaf community. It pretty much started with Alexander Graham Bell, believe it or not. Hillary Clinton also advocated for CIs and sadly, many deaf people who are against CIs, ignore this crucial detail about her as they continue to support Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation, and the Democrats. I'd provide a source to this but I think it got scrubbed. I found this out maybe 7 years ago and it stuck on me for a long time.