I have heard similar stories regarding these groups not wanting the hearing impaired to regain hearing....unbelievable...
I have to say Domingo was one of the tenors really peaked my interest in Opera so I wish him well on this venture. I think it is wonderful, using his great talent for this cause.
On another note, my brother lost a lot of his hearing because of years of working overtime security @ concerts, he is a retired cop. A whole new world opened up to him when he got his hearing aids.
a few years back I met a remarkable young man. He had become totally deaf as an infant but had hearing parents. He had grown up reading lips and speaking and also knew sign but it wasn't his primary means of communication as it is with some deaf people. He had obtained his law degree and was at that time learning to hear again with the use of an occular implant. He said he probably heard better than I did but was unable to know what the sounds meant. Predictably, he had very strong opinions about people who didn't want to put occular implants in deaf children.