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DEAF CULTURE AND THE COCHLEAR EAR IMPLANT
Submitted by Dick W.

The technology seems like a medical miracle to many hearing parents and doctors who see the technology as a cure for deafness. But the cochlear implant has long been the center of a stormy debate. Some deaf advocates worry that the view of deafness as an illness to be cured marginalizes the deaf and stigmatizes those who can’t –or don’t wish to–use an implant.

Links:

• PBS - Scientific American Frontiers: Growing Up Different: Cochlear Controversy:
• PBS - 22nd Century - A Computer in his Skull (w/ video)