Deaf Later In Life Essay

I found these videos very interesting. I personally have a deaf niece she has a cochlear implant. She was lucky enough to have it done early in life around two years of age, and she is doing very well. It’s very enlightening to hear how the deaf community in these videos view the cochlear. Me being a hearing person I would see the cochlear as a blessing like Peter’s brother and wife, but to Heather’s parents it was seen a threat. I can understand why. Naturally change is unwanted by many people.The deaf culture is all they know they don’t see it as a handicap it’s what they live in everyday. It seemed as though the suggestion of a cochlear is almost a insult to them and to their intelligence, just based on their reactions. Also, the cochlear does not guarantee anything. As
In my opinion the real struggle with becoming deaf later in life would be learning how to sign! Anyhow, If I happened to be born deaf I would want my parents to choose for me to get a cochlear implant. I may be a bit bias as to why since I am a hearing person but I couldn’t imagine living in a world of silence. I’d want to hear laughing, music, birds, rain, everything. The grandparents in these videos seemed to come over very pushy to me. I know they felt the cochlear implant was the right thing to do but I don’t feel as if it should’ve been brought up every time they were together. I mean Heather and her parents moved because of all the bickering, back and forth, and pushing. Ultimately, I think the family made the right decision with letting Heather get the cochlear implant. In the follow up video they looked a lot happier. Heather was doing extremely well in school and got her wish of being able to communicate with the hearing world, and really in the end that’s all it should come down too is whether it makes the child happier and if it broadens their horizon for the