Come on. Deafness is a disability. ASL is an extremely limiting language in itself and being deaf puts one at a huge disadvantage in life in general. The culture isn't even a culture. It's just like my example of a wheelchair-people club or a quadriplegic culture. It puts people in a definite disadvantage, and the parents are outright denying the child a full life. What if the child decides to get the operation when they're 18 or 19? They'll have the vocabularly not even of a 3 year-old. That leaves the child at a distinct disadvantage as the child would obviously prefer to "speak" with ASL. There are too many barriers to overcome that late in life. Seriously, what culture does being deaf entail? ASL isn't unique to deaf people, since "hearies" can sign as well. So the child would still learn sign language, in addition to being able to live a decent life. There's no reason to deny the child a cure for a handicap like that.