Kraus: Yeah, it can work in a different way. And now many people who are congenitally deaf get cochlear implants which enable them to actually bypass the ear and stimulate the hearing nerve, stimulate the brain directly, but they're still getting information from sound. So they're still mak...
“deaf” with a small ‘d’ –People who are “deaf” with small ‘d’ are usually hard-of-hearing with either hearing aids or cochlear implants. Deaf is seen as a disability and “loss of hearing”. While Deaf people do not like to be labeled as hard-of-hearing, deaf people usually...
I was in college when I met a group of deaf people who have cochlear implants. A cochlear implant is a device full of electrodes that is implanted in the cochlea through a 5-hour long surgery. It serves as a substitute for the sensory hair cells within the ear, and has an ...
Most people would probably chose the latter, simply because it makes for more effective teamwork—and that's how most of us generally get things done. So developing a likeable robot that has the ability to listen, smile, tell jokes round the water cooler, and sympathize when your life takes...
I don't want to say too much, because it's best to read it first-hand, but it's a very nice story about a deaf woman who had cochlear implants that helped her hear again. Trouble is, a great deal of her vocabulary was lost while she was deaf, but nightly games of Scrabble with...
But once communication via brain implants becomes a practical reality, that raises the possibility of giving implants not just to those with disabilities, but to fully abled people to enable them to communicate with computers as well and enhance their performance. Contents The History of Brain-com...
I really wanted to seek advice from other people as to what I can do and if what I did do was appropriate. I always worry about getting into trouble if I stand up for myself. I did read one of your previous articles about deaf people speaking loudly but I am keen to have advice ...
Though Rhemy signs to communicate with others. he has cochlear implants(耳蜗植入)that help him___. His interpreter, Tammy Arvin,___the club, which meets every Wednesday. So far, the club members have learned basic___in different topics including school, food and clothing. Arvin who ...
of cochlear implants will be key in increasing access to cochlear implants, which is a shared driver of our group. One respondent discussed the importance of ‘reaching out to deaf people and parents of deaf children who know little or nothing of cochlear implants and their availability [P6]’...
As such, people who have one or more imperfections can become as good, able, and human as other humans because of being involved in arrangements with specific forms of technè. Pamela Kincheloe describes people wearing cochlear implants as cyborg; we understand this type of cyborg as a first ...