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How Cochlear Implants Are Being Blamed For Killing Deaf Culture

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-the-flamewar-begin dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Let it die by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Its been 15 years. I still sign fairly well. Not as well as I used to, but I can still hold a conversation in SEE/Pidgen. I can understand ASL, but being so far out of practice, the syntax trips me up.

    Deaf culture needs to go away.

    One of its core beliefs is that hearing people exist to support deaf people. They look at hearing people as second class people.
    They look at those that get implants as traitors.

    Yes, deaf culture needs to go away.