Being Deaf Research Paper

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If my first child was born deaf and the doctors gave me option to give them surgery to help corrected it, I would go through the procedure. I reason why I chose the surgery is because I want my child to communicate with the hearing world. I do not believe deaf is bad or negative in any way, but I do believe that there some disadvantage especially if they want to work in the corporate world when they are older. I want my child to have a normal life without having to deal with the ridicule and people misunderstanding of their condition. I just want the best life for them the same way my parents gave me. 2) In the documentary Sounds of Fury Peter Artinian Heather Father was stating that he is happy being deaf and it is part of his identity. …show more content…

Being deaf can cause difficulties in finding a job or even trying to communicate with someone in the hearing world so the operation is the best choice to achieve those goals. I also understand why deaf parents should teach their children that they should not be ashamed of their condition and they should be proud. I can relate to Heather father opinion about deaf people should be proud for who they are because growing up I had difficulties in learning how to speak Spanish. I was born in California and it has a sea of different cultures coming together. Since I was the first born in my whole family to be born in the United States it was a complete culture shock for them and my upbringings was completely different compare to my older siblings where instead of learning one language to communicate I had to learn two of them one at home and the other at school. At an early age I was diagnose with a speech compartment problem where learning to pronounce words was difficult. Spanish a language with several pronouns and nouns in speaking made it much more harder for me to learn and eventually I gave up learning. My parents blame the American culture for brainwashing me about not caring about my native tongue. As a young boy I did not understand the value of bilingual it was not until my …show more content…

The father wants his children to embrace their condition to show them that there is noting wrong in who they are, but instead just view the world a little differently. 8) I completely agree with the deaf community about the implants is not a cure for deafness it gives alternative way to view the world. There is noting wrong in being deaf I believe that deaf people also have a lot of advantages because they are able notice more about a person by their body language and expression. 9) Yes, I do believe that cochlear implants is still part of the dead community because in the documentary it showed in the cochlear research center out of the 300 patients only 5% of them were adults over 30 years old, but I believe the surgery is more for younger children where they want to socialize with their friends and the hearing world. The advancement in technology the implants could get better and gave great results and give children the benefit in learning sign language and speaking