MEDI7231 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cochlear Implant, Auslan, Audism
COCHLEAR IMPLANTS I
Hyde, M, Power, D. Some ethical dimensions of cochlear implantation for deaf children and their families. Journal of
Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 2005;11(1):102-111
Learning objectives
Apply an opposing ethical perspective to analyse the use of cochlear implants in the community
Explain the two opposing arguments (deaf culture & hearing community) concerning consent to cochlear
implants for deaf children
Definition
Disability
A disability is any condition that restricts a person's mental, sensory or mobility functions
It may be caused by accident, trauma, genetics or disease
A disability may be temporary or permanent, total or partial, lifelong or acquired, visible or invisible
Disablism
The production of disability
A set of assumptions and practices promoting the differential or unequal treatment of people
because of actual or presumed disabilities
Ableism
The production of ability
A belief that impairment (irrespective of ‘type’), normally seen as inherently negative, should be
ameliorated, cured or indeed eliminated
Audism
An attitude based on negative stigma toward anyone who does not hear; discrimination against
deaf individuals and limits individuals based on whether they can hear or not
"Deafness is a disability that must be fixed"
Assumptions of disabled people
Common assumptions that limit disabled people
Thinking of people with disabilities as partial, limited or lesser
Putting people with disabilities on a pedestal – “special talents”
Regarding people with disabilities as perfect objects of charity
Seeing disability as a sickness to be fixed
Restricting the social circle of people with disabilities to other people with disabilities
Results of negative assumptions
Social rejection by family, neighbours, paid carers and services, non-disabled peers
oEspecially abuse in old-age homes
Concentration of people with disabilities into social groupings of rejected people
Restricted options for development, growth and enrichment
Loss of control and autonomy
Diminished sense of individuality and uniqueness
Material poverty, impacting on health, housing and life expectancy
Neglect, damage and abuse
Statistics
Deafness in the community
1 in 6 Australians are affected by hearing loss
There are approximately 30,000 Deaf Auslan (sign language) users with total hearing loss
Projections for 2050 indicate that one in every four Australians will have hearing loss
90% of people born with hearing impairment are born into hearing families
Cochlear implants
From 30 June, 2012–30 June, 2013, approximately 50,000 cochlear implants were sold across the
world
Approximately 30,000 of these 50,000 cochlear implants were received by children
Deaf community
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Document Summary
Hyde, m, power, d. some ethical dimensions of cochlear implantation for deaf children and their families. Apply an opposing ethical perspective to analyse the use of cochlear implants in the community. Explain the two opposing arguments (deaf culture & hearing community) concerning consent to cochlear implants for deaf children. A disability is any condition that restricts a person"s mental, sensory or mobility functions. It may be caused by accident, trauma, genetics or disease. A disability may be temporary or permanent, total or partial, lifelong or acquired, visible or invisible. A set of assumptions and practices promoting the differential or unequal treatment of people because of actual or presumed disabilities. A belief that impairment (irrespective of type"), normally seen as inherently negative, should be ameliorated, cured or indeed eliminated. An attitude based on negative stigma toward anyone who does not hear; discrimination against deaf individuals and limits individuals based on whether they can hear or not.
