The controversy over cochlear implants in children has many sides. For some in the deaf community, CIs are an affront to their culture, which as they view it, is a minority threatened by the hearing majority. The deaf community feels that its way of life is fully functional, and that usin...
The use of cochlear implants in born-deaf infants addresses the issues of disability, proxy consent, and potential ethnocide of the Deaf culture. The ethical issues explored in this paper are: 1) the disability versus trait argument of deafness, 2) parents versus Deaf community in proxy consent...
Not all members of the deaf community view implants as an unnecessary procedure, but hearing parents facing a difficult decision concerning a deaf child may want to research both sides of the controversy before committing to cochlear implant surgery. Share The Health Board is dedicated to providing...
Abram Katz
Cochlear implants are medical devices that help previously deaf individuals gain or regain partial hearing. Many medical professionals consider them an essential component of treating deafness. Members of the Deaf community, however, consider the implants tobe a direct assault on their carefully nurtured...
Introduction of the cochlear implant, a device intended to make deaf children able to hear, was surrounded by controversy for many years. Against the claims made for the procedure, deaf people in many countries insisted that they be recognized as a cultural and linguistic minority, rather than...
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PoliticsInvestigates the potential of cyborg politics as a mode of advocacy for people with disabilities. Potential of cyborg technology for people with disabilities; Limitation of cyborg; Controversy over cochlear implants; Background on the deaf culture....
Potential of cyborg technology for people with disabilities; Limitation of cyborg; Controversy over cochlear implants; Background on the deaf culture.CherneyJames L.Argumentation & AdvocacyJames L. Cherney. 1999. Deaf culture and the cochlear implant debate: Cyborg politics and the identity of people...