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Comment Re:How long... (Score 1) 33

They suffer from getting surprised by things a hearing person would hear coming long before ...

Arguable, some deaf people have enhanced other senses, and I am frequently surprised by things I should have heard...

Or get an extreme example: neighbours are looking strange at them, because they are loud in bed, and do not notice themselves.

Some deaf people can feel when they are making sounds. But either way, any suffering from that is not caused by being born deaf, it is caused by a social stigma about being loud in bed.

A guy shouting at you: "damn idiot, can you not move out of the way, are you deaf??!!"

Not having to hear such a person seems like a benefit to me.

Comment Re:How long... (Score 1) 33

somebody born deaf will never be able to enjoy Beethoven's Ode to Joy

There are ways to enjoy music other than hearing it. Beethoven is an ironic example since he went deaf (though I don't know enough about him to know if Ode to Joy was composed before or after that).
But, I understand your overall point. However, there are aspects to life that a deaf person experiences, that hearing people do not. To by default choose to deny your child the chance to experience life THAT way, assumes that hearing life is the best life. Many deaf people would argue against that.
I don't know what the right choice is, nor what choice I would make for my child in that position.

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