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Can I Sue My Parents When I'm Older For Denying Me A Cochlear Implant?

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Location: Connecticut

I went deaf in one of my ears (profound hearing loss), there is risk of me losing the hearing in my other ear, doctor's recommended me to get a cochlear implant (so I can hear normally again and incase of any hearing loss in my good ear), parents refused (one said it looked ugly and that the doctors are scamming me, other parent ignored me completely on the topic), and now my hearing loss makes me struggle to do work and live normally

As some extra information the surgery is time sensitive and my surgeon said its likely to be ineffective if I wait until I'm 18 to get the surgery. Also when it comes to me struggling to work and live normally I mean that Is that it is very hard for me to hear in any environment with noise and I struggle to hear anyone trying to talk to me (I plan to work in a field where I have to speak to customers and currently can barely speak to customers and coworkers, both in loud environments)

I apologize in advance for the jumbled post, I was in a rush and just wanted to get the rundown of my situation in

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