The Cochlear's Argumentative Essay: Sound

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Sound and Fury

The Cochlear Implant will help the hearing impaired to once again hear; but controversy between a family and the treatment and the established a culture within the hearing impaired community would send shock ways thru the hearing impaired society; How the deaf reveal their own identity for themselves; the deaf society don’t consider it handicap and most have a successful job. Peter worked for a successful Wall Street firm, but peter would never move up into higher position; as a result, hard to hear people have their limitations and the ability to manage in the hearing world. Yet, the non-hearing established a form of language, as well as lip reading in a non-hearing society. The first thoughts on this matter the cultural aspects of the hearing impaired. The hearing impaired feel it’s not a disability within their society, but a natural form of what human nature gave them at birth or sickness. The society is developed into a culture and the people feel more comfortable being deaf; and the society evolved into a community with an established language and define what is right and wrong, as well as a prejudice to change within
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The new advanced technology is pushing forward on the Cochlear Implants, and will eventually cure the disability. The fact the sign language will lack the importance anymore, and fade away along with the culture established. The show made you stop and think about identity, language, and the culture attributed to the non-hearing society. My final thoughts are regarding the deaf and the tough situation. The first question is the procedure safe, and the second research the Cochlear Implant for the success and the long time application. The technology is sound and works it will eventually cure hearing loss and end the deaf

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