<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 11/27/01 3:14:00 AM Central Standard Time, earik@KU.EDU.TR writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I am a research assistant in Asli Ozyurek's research group at Koc<BR>
University, Istanbul. We are studying on acquisition of Turkish Sign<BR>
Language, grammatical structure, and the like. As research progress<BR>
we are confronted that many audiologists and speech-pathologists in<BR>
Turkey are offering cochlear implant for deaf children. Their discourse<BR>
is simple: After implant, everything will be OK; a deaf child begin to<BR>
hear normally and speak as we, speakers, speak. It is clear that this<BR>
looks like an advertisement by a company doing implantation. Anyway,<BR>
my question is following: Are there any reliable research concerning<BR>
this issue?<BR>
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You should raise your concerns about this with the United Nations office in Istanbul (if there is one) This is a serious breach in ethics on the part of these hawkers.<BR>
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Richard</FONT></HTML>