Talk:Cochlear implant
From Academic Kids
We should mention that many deaf people consider the use of implants, particularly if the aim is to completely replace signing with speaking, as "normalization"; and as such are opposed to it. -- Tarquin 16:34 7 Jun 2003 (UTC)
- To my fellow contributors: There are some serious, but inadequately described issues that should be addressed in this article's "Objections" sections. "Normalization" is not the core of the deaf community's objections. It is "technologies of normalization" and not "normalization" that are contentious. Still, there are several major positions to be considered of which the technologies of normalization are but a minor (though important) aspect of. The collision occurs on the level of the deaf view of "wellness" and how views of disability and pathology conflict with it. I'll be posting an update to the Objections section very soon. Ray Foster 00:59, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
As with all articles about technology, it would be nice to have some reference to who makes these things and where they came from/when they were developed. Someone should get right on that.
