cochlear implant n. An electronic apparatus that allows people with severe hearing loss to recognize some sounds, especially speech sounds, and that consists chiefly of a microphone and receiver, a processor that converts speech into electronic signals, and an array of electrodes that transmit the ...
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...
Grant SE: The Silent Debate: The Controversy Over The Cochlear Implant and How it is Changing the Deaf Community. Los Angeles: University of Southern California; 2008.Grant SE: The Silent Debate: The Controversy Over The Cochlear Implant and How it is Changing the Deaf Community Los Angeles: ...
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...
The cochlear implant (CI) is increasingly used to treat deafness, despite arguments from the deaf community. Deaf children born to hearing parents are the fastest growing group of CI recipients, making parents the primary consumers. Instead of focusing on the controversy over implants, this article...
Food and Drug Administration approved the use of cochlear implants for deaf children triggering a volatile debate between persons working within the field of communication disorders and the Deaf community. This essay explores the work of Kenneth Burke on guilt and Helen Merrell Lynd on shame in ...
My daughter underwent cochlear implant surgery five months ago. She was born completely deaf in one ear, and severely deaf in the other. She wears a hearing aid on the ear that's least affected. Deaf people do perceive themselves a "community", and rightfully so. Signing is considered a ...
There has been tremendous controversy over CIs; many in Deaf culture argue against their use because they diminish the numbers of children that learn sign language. They argue that CIs ultimately represent a case of a technology destroying a community. I found that this technology also generates ...