Cochlear Implant: A Conceptual Deaf Child

Cochlear implants are becoming more and more popular now. Even babies as young as 12 months are receiving a cochlear implant. For hearing parents it’s more convenient to have their child get a cochlear implant rather then to learn sign language. Hearing parents usually just look for the simple way out because they don’t want to have a child who is “different.�

Language is communicated in various ways. Yet, there are still children who are denied the privilege of having one. Only ten percent of deaf children are born to deaf parents. This means around ninety percent are born to hearing parents. Most hearing parents have never been exposed to American Sign Language (ASL), so they do not teach it to their deaf child. One of the main reasons this happens is hearing parents tend to deny their child's deafness (Gray, n.d.). Instead, they choose to have their baby get a cochlear implant (CI). Parental decisions regarding cochlear implantation may be influenced by what they understand it means to be deaf. Basically, they see being deaf as a disability and are more apt to consider

To implant or not implant? Many parents’ who are hearing that have deaf children contemplate this question. Because they want to fix the “problem” of deafness. For they want the best for their son or daughters and the “best” is to hear. For those of the deaf culture, they believe a parent who implants their child is abusing the child. Deafness is not a “problem”, but a way of life. Who is right? Unfortunately, there is no right or wrong answer, there is no manual, or signs that say “this way will lead to a better future”; it’s a personal judgement call.

It is hard for a parent to give an assent since it isn't reasonable for the parent to pick in the event that they need their Deaf tyke to utilize oral technique or have that tyke get a cochlear embed. In the event that a parent embeds their kid they are dismissing the Deaf culture. Truly in a youthful age embedding your youngster can get an opportunity to hear when they are more seasoned, however I have companions that got a cochlear inserts when they were at a youthful age, and it was hard for them to hear when they got more established. A ton of grown-ups who have been hard of hearing most or their entire life will acknowledge it and never again be in the hearing society and let their kid wind up noticeably hard of hearing and utilize oral

My experience with a deaf person is limited to my experience with my deaf and mute sister. She is one year older than me. She is the only one in our clan who has this condition. Her deafness was not hereditary. She had skin disease when she was born that unfortunately affected her hearing. Because my parents were poor and had no health insurance, they chose not to seek medical or technological intervention for my sister. As my sister grew up, she developed an informal sign language that only my family and close relatives and neighbors could understand. When I was in elementary, she was placed in my classroom to facilitate communication. I became her personal spokesperson in the school and her academic tutor even at home. Later, however though,

Although I was conscious that Deaf and deaf have different meanings, I was not aware what was the difference between the two. I was very stunned to learn about Amos Kendall. I had no idea that Kendall donated the land that Gallaudet University was built on. It was really wonderful finding out all of the information on Gallaudet University and its history and how it came to be.

It is important for people to know that Deaf culture is a part of American culture and it is something that people should be more aware of. I was never aware of Deaf culture before I decided to go into CSD major. I didn't even know the existence of this culture. One way to give hearing people exposure to ASL and Deaf culture is to introduce it earlier on in education to the young generations. For example, setting up presentations and activities at school for the students to get a better understanding of Deaf culture. Another example is more schools should have ASL classes to be an option for students to take as a second language. I think earlier exposure will definitely help to resolve the problem of ignorance of Deaf and ASL culture from the

Because the loss is severe to profound and sensorineural, the child does qualify for a cochlear implant or hearing (behind the ear or body aid). If the parents choose the implant, surgery should happen immediately to begin the development of speaking and listening skills (312). Another option for the parents is to raise the child in their current condition. Both parents have a family history of deafness and communicate using sign language. Neither parent has an implant and may have an aversion to it and could therefore communicate with the child using sign

The risk of speech and language delays for children with hearing impairment is well documented, and this risk increases with severity of hearing loss (Connor, Craig, Raudenbush, Heavner, & Zwolan, 2006). Through either hearing aids or cochlear implants, children with hearing loss are able to receive the speech input that they need for speech and language development (Dettman, Pinder, Briggs, Dowell, & Leigh, 2007; Svirsky, Teoh, & Neuburger, 2004; Tomblin et al., 2005). Many children with severe hearing loss are unable to utilize hearing aids, and are considered candidates for cochlear implantation. It is believed that there is a critical or sensitive period for speech and language learning which has many questioning if there is an effect of age of cochlear implantation in regard to speech and

Another benefit that could arise from cochlear implants in children studies is that it answers the question of ‘Is it fair to assume and expect children that received a cochlear implant to enroll in spoken-based programs in school?’ The result from the studies indicates that the sooner children receive cochlear implantation, the more likely for them to close the gap to achieve normal language. In sum, the production of language is affected by the amount of hearing available to the child, and the age of which the cochlear device was implanted (Nicholas & Geers,2007, pg. 1060). This result has been established throughout the paper; however, these studies provided answers to this question so that the government and school systems have a better understanding on this subject. If they have a better understanding on this subject, they will more likely to make the correct courses to aid cochlear implantation children in closing that gap sooner and

Cochlear implants are an electronic device that gives people with a sever hearing loss, the ability to hear. This device gives them ability to do something no other device could offer. It allows someone to be part of two worlds, deaf and hearing. So many people think its wrong and that you 're changing your child, that you should accept them for who he/she is. I don’t see it that way, if you have a child wouldn’t you want the best for them? Want them to have the best things? Have a good life, better than the one you had? By giving my child the cochlear implant I am doing that for them, giving them the best of the best of technology that will benefit them so much and give them such a great life. Since having it implanted at a young age, they still have the ability to learn languages, so as they grow up they will practice signing and speaking so they can use both through out their life.

A cochlear implant consists of an internal and external component. The internal component is surgically inserted under the skin behind the ear, and a narrow wire is threaded into the inner ear. Unlike hearing aids, cochlear implants convert sound waves to electrical impulses and transmit them to the inner ear, providing people with the ability to hear sounds and potentially better understand speech without reading lips. Speech and language ability varies among individuals, with many cochlear implant recipients developing age appropriate linguistic ability. Ability to produce accurate speech, ability to understand speech and writing and reading ability have all been studied. In May 1998, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) had been demonstrated in the long-term benefits of cochlear implants that children were not limited to speech recognition. However, it would do that as well as went into far more detail into other ways they have dramatically improved their language

The implant helps quite a deal with hearing ability but it does not enable the implanted to hear everything that is going on and it is very difficult for them to filter our background noises. As mentioned earlier the use of an oral only education severely limits the education of the deaf child. These parents are rarely informed that there are other alternatives. They are almost never told about the use of ASL in educating their child. This perspective help by audiologists and speech pathologists lingers from the Milan Conference but many countries have taken another path, in fact it is only the US and Canada that have professionals that are still struggling to accept signed language as a beneficial tool (Lane, Hoffmeister, and Bahan 335-366). In the Netherlands in order to qualify for a cochlear implant the family is required to learn signed language and the government has instituted programs to help with this endeavor (Knooks 268).

Exposing a Deaf child to language is critical for language acquisition. Without exposure to language a Deaf individual may never be bale to fully develop the language and communication skills that they need to have a successful life. According to Eric

After taking two years of Sign Language, it is an absolute eye opener into the deaf world. Being deaf would be an amazing experience! Without being able to hear, a person would not hear all the noise pollution in the world. Cars driving by a house can be loud, a mall could be loud, and people doing construction down the street from a home can be loud. Being on a cramped plane with smelly chatty people and whiny babies, would be a whole lot better without having to hear everything going on. With all these obnoxious noises in the world, having no hearing would make the world seem peaceful. Many people who are deaf become good at lip reading people who cannot sign or do not know how to communicate with a deaf person very well. Reading lips is a handy trait because you can find out people’s secrets. Lip reading would be an especially good trait for police to have, when possibly trying to pick a terrorist out of a crowd who may very well be explaining his plan or passing information onto an accomplice. Most deaf people know sign language, a beautiful language, along with great hand coordination. Signing, believe it or not, uses a lot of hand strength. Fingerspelling can make a person’s hand tired