The cochlear implant question
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Re: The cochlear implant question
#2Saying this as someone who is hearing but close to the deaf community in college and knows ASL. By trying to give her the best of both worlds she is going to diminish both worlds. Not fully in the deaf community and not fully in the hearing community.
Re: The cochlear implant question
#3> it is unarguable that only signed languages are easily accessible in all situations
Even in the dark? Or at a distance? Or not facing the signer? Or with arthritis?
Differently abled folks are entitled to their own culture and beliefs. Yet claims like that seem to be trying too hard to find a silver lining.
Re: The cochlear implant question
#4Saying this as someone who is hearing but close to the deaf community in college and knows ASL. By trying to give her the best of both worlds she is going to diminish both worlds. Not fully in the deaf community and not fully in the hearing community.
An alternative framing would be that she gets to experience both to at least some extent, and isn't that better?
Re: The cochlear implant question
#5Saying this as someone who is hearing but close to the deaf community in college and knows ASL. By trying to give her the best of both worlds she is going to diminish both worlds. Not fully in the deaf community and not fully in the hearing community.
Do you think bilingual kids have the same issue? I don’t.
Re: The cochlear implant question
#6> it is unarguable that only signed languages are easily accessible in all situations Even in the dark? Or at a distance? Or not facing the signer? Or with arthritis? Differently abled folks are entitled to their own culture and beliefs. Yet claims like that seem to be trying too hard to find a silver lining.
I’ve seen two signers on a train platform pause their conversation while one got on the train, then carry on through the window after they’d found a seat. While the article is hyperbolic, there are pros and cons to all modes of communication.
Re: The cochlear implant question
#7Saying this as someone who is hearing but close to the deaf community in college and knows ASL. By trying to give her the best of both worlds she is going to diminish both worlds. Not fully in the deaf community and not fully in the hearing community.
Do you think bilingual kids have the same issue? I don’t.
The article talks about the capital-D Deaf community. It’s not just a different language, it’s a different culture.
Re: The cochlear implant question
#8Saying this as someone who is hearing but close to the deaf community in college and knows ASL. By trying to give her the best of both worlds she is going to diminish both worlds. Not fully in the deaf community and not fully in the hearing community.
An alternative framing would be that she gets to experience both to at least some extent, and isn't that better?
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Re: The cochlear implant question
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you think bilingual kids have the same issue? I don’t.
The article talks about the capital-D Deaf community. It’s not just a different language, it’s a different culture.
And people that speak say, Chinese and American English, don’t have two different cultures?
Re: The cochlear implant question
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you think bilingual kids have the same issue? I don’t.
The article talks about the capital-D Deaf community. It’s not just a different language, it’s a different culture.
Language facilitate access to culture. You think that Deaf culture is the only culture you can’t fully participate in without speaking the language?