Cochlear Implants: What Is This Deaf Community?

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Cochlear Implants Before 1970 if a child was born deaf or a person became deaf because of an unfortunate accident there was no treatment and that was just your future. In 1961 Dr. William House invented the cochlear implant, the first time one was actually implanted in someone was 1977.Since then the technology has obviously advanced a lot. Just hearing about it makes you think it 's a miracle treatment. why would anyone not want one?

We all have decisions we have to make daily, some are life changing and others are as simple as what you want for breakfast. Deaf people have a choice to make that would change their life significantly. Some decide that being able to hear would help their daily life greatly. Others decide that they don 't want a cochlear because they didn 't want to leave the deaf community. What is this deaf community? …show more content…

The deaf community is a part of society that uses American Sign Language as their way of communicating. Many deaf people are proud to be deaf and view it as part of their culture. Just like how there are black, white, latino, american, and hearing people there are deaf people. Many deaf people don 't want to get cochlear 's because being deaf is part of their culture and they don 't want to give that up. Just like there nothing wrong with being a different nationality there is nothing wrong with being deaf. They don 't want the rest of society to think that being deaf is a disability.

In conclusion, cochlear implants can be very helpful to a deaf person but some decide not to get one and that is perfectly fine. We as hearing people should never think that a deaf person needs a cochlear implant or would be “fixed” if they got one. Everyone has free will and a choice to make for

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