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- From: askwersk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.deaf-l
- Subject: Re: 60 Minutes, Angels and Outcasts, etc
- Message-ID: <9211102259.AA15306@w20-575-78>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 22:59:37 GMT
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- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
- In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue,
- 10 Nov 92 14:35:25 -0500. <9211102045.AA14499@Athena.MIT.EDU>
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- Cynthia says:
-
- Let's be fair - Cochlear Implants are NOT
- for everyone !! It depends on the parents,
- child and circumstances. For example, it might
- work for these hearing child who lost their hearing.
- However, it might NOT work for a born-deaf child.
- Here is an analogy: forcing a left-handed child to
- learn how to write using her right hand. That's
- exactly how I felt when I was being forced to
- use hearing aid and being forced to listen these sounds
- since I was three years old - I hated every minute
- of it. I eventually learned how to throw
- my hearing aid away into the toliet when
- I was about fourteen years old. :*) Thank God, I was
- NOT being forced to learn how to speak - perhaps
- that's why I could speak fluently !!
-
-
- Cynthia:
-
- That is quite interesting. I believe the implant was designed for completely
- deaf persons. I was also under the impression that it worked best with
- those who never had any residual hearing. The reason is becuase what
- an implantee actually hears is not what a hearing person hears. I think if
- you asked for a description of a sound from a hearing person and an implantee
- you'd get slightly different descriptions. The difference makes it harder for
- somebody used to the actual sounds to get used to the implants sounds.
-
-
- Adam Skwersky
-