Okay, so I didn't get any sleep. I stayed up last night and read this forum on myspace about cochlear implants. It was pretty interesting and both sides seemed to be really passionate about it. It was pretty cutthroat, too. I learned a lot about them, and I've come to the conclusion that if I ever have a Deaf child, I wouldn't want them to get a cochlear implant. There's too much risk involved. I don't think I like the thought of brain surgery on a kid that might be able to make the kid hear little bit better. Besides I'm learning a lot of sign language, and I'll definitely immerse the kid in Deaf culture. Anyway, toward the end of the forum both sides agreed that the medical community wasn't doing enough to inform parents about the risks and side effects of the cochlear implant, and that parents have other options with sign language and the Deaf community.