Is the cochlear implant ruining the deaf culture? That is a
very hot debate and argument in whether people should get the cochlear implant
or not. A cochlear implant makes a deaf person have something similar to
hearing, which would change the way they communicate from sign to speaking. I
personally think that cochlear implants have good parts and bad parts to them,
but do threaten to ruin deaf culture.
At the center of every culture
there is a language. The language is the heart of the culture, without it, the
culture fades away. If the language begins to go away then the culture itself
will begin to diminish as well. This could happen with deaf culture. As sign
language is used less and less because of the cochlear implants the culture is
becoming less known with deaf people. If
more deaf people get the implant then there is less people to share the
language with which will lead to the downfall of the culture.
Another issue is they become
accustom to hearing culture more than the deaf culture. Kids are getting the
implants starting at a very young age, they can even get it before they turn
two years old! If they get them this early there is a good chance they will
just get involved with hearing culture and not even worry about deaf culture.
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