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A popular belief in the Deaf community is that having hearing children is undesirable. Some people argue that things like cochlear implants are "genocide."
by richbell 3y ago
A popular belief in the Deaf community is that having hearing children is undesirable. Some people argue that things like cochlear implants are "genocide."
- KingMob 3y agoReminds me of the rabbis accusing Jewish people of marrying non-Jews as participating in a "Silent Holocaust". Way to drive people away, my dude. In some ways, it's a moot point, since iiuc, most deaf children are born to hearing adults, and not within the Deaf community. Genetic treatments will almost certainly be preferred by those parents, and the Deaf community will slowly age up and die out in a few generations for lack of replenishment.
- kelnos 3y agoWell, a few generations after all types of congenital deafness are treatable. The gene therapy in the article so far only treats one, fairly uncommon, genetic cause.