[Gay State Conservative]

I remember reading about a poll that said that a substantial percentage of deaf people wouldn’t,if given the chance,choose to have a treatment or device that would allow them to hear.The explanation was,IIRC,that these people are too “proud” of their “deaf culture” to leave it.

[Mila]

“I remember reading about a poll that said that a substantial percentage of deaf people wouldn’t,if given the chance,choose to have a treatment or device that would allow them to hear.The explanation was,IIRC,that these people are too “proud” of their “deaf culture” to leave it.”

I’ve heard the same thing and it just boggles the mind. I remember seeing a report on cochlear implants and how it was being met with great disapproval by some in the deaf community that didn’t consider deafness as an abnormality that needed to be “fixed”.

[Mila]

“I remember reading about a poll that said that a substantial percentage of deaf people wouldn’t,if given the chance,choose to have a treatment or device that would allow them to hear.The explanation was,IIRC,that these people are too “proud” of their “deaf culture” to leave it.”

I’ve heard the same thing and it just boggles the mind. I remember seeing a report on cochlear implants and how it was being met with great disapproval by some in the deaf community that didn’t consider deafness as an abnormality that needed to be “fixed”.

[Old Professer]

You never see blind people bragging about their culture; when was the last time you heard canes clapping?