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I applaud that part; seeing the upside is admirable and not everyone can do that. What I still don't get is when they get mad when others try to hear again. I
by big_chungus 7y ago
I applaud that part; seeing the upside is admirable and not everyone can do that. What I still don't get is when they get mad when others try to hear again. It just doesn't make sense. My perspective could certainly be off here, but it sounds like someone being mad his neighbor has a fancier car and yelling at him about it.
- vertex-four 7y agoThe problem is that you get hearing people go "well, there's a treatment, why should we change what we're doing to accept deaf people?" When there's a (potentially invasive/experience-altering) treatment which makes people more able to fit into existing society, that society will often pressure people into receiving that treatment. This is, obviously, rather upsetting, and I imagine a lot of deaf people would rather the treatment didn't exist.
- gugagore 7y agoYour perspective suggests you think deaf people are jealous of hearing people. I think it's different. Deaf people have created a bunch of other solutions that don't involve cochlear implants, and a lot of that has been ignored by society at large. (For example, how do you raise a deaf child.) Also the controversy around cochlear implants is mostly about giving CIs to young humans. It's not that much about "hearing again". (In fact I don't think CIs are as effective later in life.)