I am currently taking ASL as my foreign language requirement. I am also taking ASL 280 The Deaf Community. These two classes have allowed me to learn quite a lot about cochlear implants. A cochlear implant is a device that is surgically implanted into deaf people. The purpose of the implant is to help deaf people to communicate better with the hearing world. Supporters of the cochlear implant believe that it helps people to communicate more effectively. Those in oppostition to the implant believe that it takes away from the deaf person's identiy. They feel like using an implant is admitting that there is something wrong with the deaf person. Most deaf people feel that they are just as normal as the next person.
Now that I have given the basics of the cochlear implant I want to let you know how I feel about it. In theory I think that they are an excellent medical breakthrough. The cochlear implant is technology at its best. The whole purpose of it is to help people who can't hear. I can honestly say that I believe that I can understand why some deaf people would not want to be implanted. I have heard the defenses of deaf people in opposition to it. Overall, I think that cochlear implants are a wonderful piece of technology.
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