well that can be true but at times it can also be a curse… at least for people who are not Deaf from birth because they must become acustomed to the lack of hearing…
i like this video it really shows it however why would a deaf person want to change who they are it still would not even be the same as a hearing person. God made u just the way u ought to be.
I have excellent hearing and cherish being able to hear music; however, there is now so much noise pollution in our culture (e.g. boom cars, leaf blowers, jet planes, etc) that I often stop my ears up with good quality ear plugs when I am outside in the warmer months. Sometimes late at night when it is dead quiet I just sit and savor it.
i agree god did make u the way u should be but for my cousin that was born deaf and goin completely blind this is a ray of hope…imagine a life never knowing how to speak cause u couldnt hear and then totaly blind as well…thats not a life my friend
i dont get it? why is there a problem with the treatment of deafness. i mean, its just like curing any other disease or anomaly in the body… if someone could come up with a good enough argument against it, i wouldnt mind at all
Deafness is not something that should be cured because it is not a disability. Deaf people know how to communicate using Sign Language and people should stop trying to cure a totally normal human condition. Deaf is just as normal as hearing and hearing is just as normal as deaf.
i dont agree with that, deafness is a disability, its a loss of a sense that normal people have. and i think that every deaf person is entitled to be treated and live and enjoy life just as hearing people do. so ur telling me that blindness for instance or perhaps the loss of touch senstation isnt a disability? i respect ur point of view, but for me i find it hard to agree with
Sorry but you do not have to be able to hear things in order to live a full and productive life. While deaf people might not be able to hear sounds, they have a visually enriched life and can communicate using the various forms of Sign Language used around the world. I am a hearing person but if I were to go deaf tomorrow I would not seek a cochlear implant or any form of technology to bring back my hearing, I would simply accept my condition as normal and natural and live with it!
And yes I am learning sign language as a hearing person because I believe in equality and have decided that I would like to communicate with deaf people using their language… just like some people learn Spanish to communicate with spanish speaking people in a non-spanish speaking country… I will soon be a bilingual person and more people should be like this rather than focusing on CURING something that need not be cured.
Coreysec, I got your message in my inbox. Ok you wear a cochlear implant and you like it and prefer it. That is your choice and you have every right to do to your body what you want.
However, my comments are related to parents making a decision to fundamentally alter their perfectly normal deaf children and simply believe it should be the persons own choice as to whether they want a cochlear implant… no one else’s… not even their parents.
I have Meniere’s disease and have lost about half the hearing in my left ear over the past four years. I fear that if it keeps progressing soon I will be deaf in that ear. I’m starting to look into cochlear implants as an option.
My cochlear never fully developed in my right ear. I’m fifteen and my family still worries about me crossing the streets. I never know which direction a sound is coming from and my hearing gets interrupted by the slightest sound. I try maybe about 30 times harder to hear than normal people and it comes with no result. So, I don’t think someone who’s never had to deal with it shouldn’t talk about how wrong it is and how hearing isn’t that great. Try walking around with an ear plugged. it sucks
@matt83au
So, what if your vision deteriorated tomorrow and you needed glasses. Your saying that you wouldn’t get glasses and live not being able to see as well as you could if you got glasses? That’s what it sounds like to me. I agree that you don’t have to hear things to live life, but what if you were a child, a deaf child who WANTED to hear? Would you consider your quality of life good if you were in a mainstream public school and you were missing out on conversation and playing with peers?
I have a implant!!!
Its amazing to hear although its different than hearing person!! I love it!!
i have an cochlear implant
i dont like it
well that can be true but at times it can also be a curse… at least for people who are not Deaf from birth because they must become acustomed to the lack of hearing…
NO! they are bad!
I apploud you Deaf is good I like deaf more than hearing…but I’m hearing
i like this video it really shows it however why would a deaf person want to change who they are it still would not even be the same as a hearing person. God made u just the way u ought to be.
Can I ask why?
I have excellent hearing and cherish being able to hear music; however, there is now so much noise pollution in our culture (e.g. boom cars, leaf blowers, jet planes, etc) that I often stop my ears up with good quality ear plugs when I am outside in the warmer months. Sometimes late at night when it is dead quiet I just sit and savor it.
that is pure evil invention.
i agree god did make u the way u should be but for my cousin that was born deaf and goin completely blind this is a ray of hope…imagine a life never knowing how to speak cause u couldnt hear and then totaly blind as well…thats not a life my friend
Don’t be ridicioulous.
Give people opportunities to experience sound. Pure genius more like it. Thank you Graeme Clark for changing the lives of so many people.
i dont get it? why is there a problem with the treatment of deafness. i mean, its just like curing any other disease or anomaly in the body… if someone could come up with a good enough argument against it, i wouldnt mind at all
Deafness is not something that should be cured because it is not a disability. Deaf people know how to communicate using Sign Language and people should stop trying to cure a totally normal human condition. Deaf is just as normal as hearing and hearing is just as normal as deaf.
i dont agree with that, deafness is a disability, its a loss of a sense that normal people have. and i think that every deaf person is entitled to be treated and live and enjoy life just as hearing people do. so ur telling me that blindness for instance or perhaps the loss of touch senstation isnt a disability? i respect ur point of view, but for me i find it hard to agree with
Sorry but you do not have to be able to hear things in order to live a full and productive life. While deaf people might not be able to hear sounds, they have a visually enriched life and can communicate using the various forms of Sign Language used around the world. I am a hearing person but if I were to go deaf tomorrow I would not seek a cochlear implant or any form of technology to bring back my hearing, I would simply accept my condition as normal and natural and live with it!
And yes I am learning sign language as a hearing person because I believe in equality and have decided that I would like to communicate with deaf people using their language… just like some people learn Spanish to communicate with spanish speaking people in a non-spanish speaking country… I will soon be a bilingual person and more people should be like this rather than focusing on CURING something that need not be cured.
I totally agree with you… sort of like a modern invention to wipe out a perfectly normal human characteristic and cultural trait!
Coreysec, I got your message in my inbox. Ok you wear a cochlear implant and you like it and prefer it. That is your choice and you have every right to do to your body what you want.
However, my comments are related to parents making a decision to fundamentally alter their perfectly normal deaf children and simply believe it should be the persons own choice as to whether they want a cochlear implant… no one else’s… not even their parents.
I have Meniere’s disease and have lost about half the hearing in my left ear over the past four years. I fear that if it keeps progressing soon I will be deaf in that ear. I’m starting to look into cochlear implants as an option.
My cochlear never fully developed in my right ear. I’m fifteen and my family still worries about me crossing the streets. I never know which direction a sound is coming from and my hearing gets interrupted by the slightest sound. I try maybe about 30 times harder to hear than normal people and it comes with no result. So, I don’t think someone who’s never had to deal with it shouldn’t talk about how wrong it is and how hearing isn’t that great. Try walking around with an ear plugged. it sucks
WOW this is toatally AWESOME
i love studying medical science
10/10, cochlear implants are mega cool
@matt83au
So, what if your vision deteriorated tomorrow and you needed glasses. Your saying that you wouldn’t get glasses and live not being able to see as well as you could if you got glasses? That’s what it sounds like to me. I agree that you don’t have to hear things to live life, but what if you were a child, a deaf child who WANTED to hear? Would you consider your quality of life good if you were in a mainstream public school and you were missing out on conversation and playing with peers?
@leoc5
I agree! this device can make a person’s quality of life a lot better!
@matt83au way to go.. god bless u