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How Cochlear Implants Are Being Blamed For Killing Deaf Culture
First time accepted submitter Maddie Kahn (3542515) writes "Deaf culture has its own language, its own social norms, its own art forms, its own theater. But it's under threat. Why? Because most parents of deaf children now choose to use technology to help their kids hear. This piece explores why a revolutionary technology stands accused of killing a culture."
Look what happened to polio culture. Not cool, man. Not cool.
gosh dang it, 4 senses was good enough for me and it's good enough for my children.
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I'd like to see deaf culture go away because there are no more deaf people.
Also:
I'd like to see paraplegic culture go away, blind culture, Amputee culture, and furries culture. That last one may be tricky
I wonder how many people were angry and vaccine destroying the polio culture?
Yes I did.
Well, now that explains Jenny McCarthy.
Of course, being dropped on her head at birth also explains Jenny McCarthy.
Pardon?
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And yes, they were adamantly supportive of the view that "for many Deaf people, every implanted child is a person stolen from their culture." But, keeping in mind that "More than 90 percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents", they are effectively laying claim to other people's children.
Kind of like gay people do when they retire?
Because culture is important.
If you make yogurt.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
You don't see anyone complaining about Viagra, etc, ending the limp dick culture, do you?
People complained alright, it's just that limp dick culture couldn't stand up to the criticism.
Here is some Deaf Leper for your enjoyment.
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
It's only dying because people are lazy.
I was about to write a long-winded diatribe lambasting you for this brazen slight of lazy culture but... whatever
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
OMG you're such an intolerant bigot!!! The answer, comrade, is to make everyone deaf.. then we can all be aurally correct!!
(Willing to take the massive downmods I deserve to answer the A/C troll - downmod away, folks. I suppose I'm bringing it on myself).
My wife has the same cochlear implant as me
How do you work that? You get it Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays alternate weeks, or what?
Ear buds, movie theaters and car stereos are hard at work on the plan.
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Some parts of "Deaf Culture" do not foster literacy. They've wound up isolated, culturally and economically, by this lack. Much like the Amish, who refuse to participate in a great deal of modern technology, they wind up profoundly hampered in education and employability by their steadfast isolation.
On the bright side: They never heard Justin Bieber.
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