RHETOR 109 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Deaf Culture, Deaf School, Cochlear Implant
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Sound and fury and sister and law) deaf people. Heather wanted cochlear implant, peter felt she was rejecting him. For the procedure, the younger the better because easier to learn language. Peter: seems like implants would create robot, sign language is natural for (cid:498)i am really happy with being deaf, it"s really peaceful who would want to change that? (cid:499) peter artinian. Heather"s mom, nita: heather wants to communicate with other people. Hearing people are devastated when their kids are deaf (like peter"s brother. With implant insert electrode into cochlear, children are able to hear (cid:498)when i learnt sign language, that"s when life started(cid:499) (cid:498)english is just moving lips, sign is so visual(cid:499) Worried that if heather gets the implant, she won"t be part of the hearing or. Peter"s sister-in-law, mary, tried to distance from deaf culture until she had. Heather"s mom, grew interested in the implant so she could hear sounds.
