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The Argument Transcript
Marianne Artinian: Why make her wait and suffer more?
Nita Artinian: You don't understand. She'll be missing out on deaf life.
Marianne Artinian: Forget deaf. You are a mother first and you are a father first. You do what's right for that child.
Peter Artinian: Heather said to me, "I'm not ready to have a cochlear implant yet. I'm too afraid." I said "That's fine." So give her time.
Marianne Artinian: This should not be her decision. You don't talk about this in front of the child because it's not her decision. It's your decision.
Peter Artinian: Oh, right. Come on, Ma.
Marianne Artinian: Wait a minute. She says to me, "Grandma," she says, "I want to communicate." This is what she says. No, no. "I want to hear, same as you." What is that? So am I lying? I know what you went through growing up. I know the frustrations you had.
Peter Artinian: No, you don't. You don't have any idea what I went through. You don't know what it's like to be deaf.
Marianne Artinian: Peter, Peter... I walked through the supermarket with you in a basket, and saw other people looking at you with hearing aids, and making fun of you.
Peter Artinian: I don't care what hearing people think.
Marianne Artinian: Peter... Peter, you don't understand. You weren't there, You didn't experience it.
Peter Artinian: Heather is my child! And I am not being closed-minded! Hearing people have their own way of looking at things. I have a deaf family. That is my life.
Marianne Artinian: Peter, all I'm telling you is that as a parent, and as a grandparent, you are choosing a tough road for Heather.
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