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To: sparklite2
Doesn’t the deaf community resist cochlear implants and resist any “cure” for deafness as an affront to their culture?

Yes, but that's only a minority (very vocal, though). Most people in the Deaf community accepts people who have CIs because the times are changing due to the emergence of technology. Today, a high percentage of babies get CIs and for many of them, it is successful and they are able to function "normally" without learning ASL.

It wasn't always the case because CIs is a new technology and it became common only 20 years ago. At the time, it wasn't very effective. But we've gone a long way since then.

21 posted on 07/09/2015 1:22:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
A video on how the use of cochlear implants is "fixing" deafness in children nowadays.
22 posted on 07/09/2015 1:29:41 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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