Deaf Culture Research Paper

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O.C. Lee ENG1113-I 11/5/2015 Essay 3 Deaf Culture Deaf people are divided on the issue of cochlear implants; a surprising number of the community reject the idea while others recognize its advantages, including myself. The result are not the same for everyone, some people benefit more than others. American Sign Language will be described in the following paragraph. So as how this experience can be life changing. This essay will also explain deaf community, cochlear implant, and deaf communication. The deaf community is not the only community that shares a language, but they are also connected by similar beliefs and attitude about the world. Some deaf people do not view themselves as disabled. They describe themselves as part of a deaf experience. There are four qualities that are a huge part of true meaning of the deaf community; they are Social, Audiological, Language, and Passionate. It is like they had some kind of special bond together. For audiological, it required for deaf people who have a hearing loss because DEAF is the term used in community of the deaf to mean a life experience. The deaf …show more content…

Most of time it cannot fixed because the nerves can be messed up. It is an electronic hearing device, which is very useful to wear it at all time. It has a magnet inside of the head and it connects to the external system. It helps adults and children who are extremely deaf and who receives no benefits from using hearing aid. It is basically based off of people who are deniable about their children having this disability. This will also lead to certain people in divided groups because of cochlear implants, making it hard for certain individuals to accept this disorder. In order for people to feel less divided from other individuals, people with this disorder will become more education in ASL, in order to fit in the normal

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