Argumentative Essay On Hearing Dog

The whole concept of a hearing dog started in Minnesota in the 1970’s when a hard of hearing woman by the name of Mrs. Elva Janke had a dog that passed away. This wasn’t just any dog though, this dog would alert her to household things such as the doorbell ringing or the microwave beeping. When the dog passed away though, Mrs, Janke realized just how much she had been relying on her dog to help her with everyday life, she didn’t know what to do without it. Thus, she set out to find out if there was a trainer that could train a dog to alert her the way her previous dog had naturally come to do. Thankfully Agnes mcGrath was able to do the job of not only training Janke’s dog, but the first 6 hearing dogs with the financial support from the government. In 1976 the “Hearing Ear Program,” as this hearing dog training program was quickly named, transferred from Minnesota to Colorado where they took up permanent residence as a branch of the American Humane Association. The hope of this newly established program was to eventually be able to provide the entire nation or even farther out the opportunity to have a hearing dog to aid them in their everyday life. So, what does a hearing dog do anyway? Hearing dogs alert their deaf or hard of hearing owner to important sounds by brushing up to them
Hearing dogs have a lot of untapped potential that most of the community does not necessarily recognize all the benefits of having a hearing companion to act as their ears, the effects could be life changing for a lot of people if they gave it a chance. In conclusion, I think if those members of the Deaf Community that have a hearing dog could share the advantages they have experienced from it, then word could spread and hearing dogs could become the standard in the Deaf