On the off chance that everybody was hard of hearing, they would not struggle- they would sign, just like deaf people do. People who can …show more content…
The show is about two teen girls who were accidentally switched at birth, and one of them lost her hearing as a child. The TV show made me look at hearing loss in a different way and understand the concepts I did not understand before, such as, why deaf people would not want to hear, or how hearing loss does not make life difficult for them. Deaf children’s lives are very similar to hearing children’s lives, especially if they go to a school for the deaf. However, deaf children who go to schools with hearing children are more likely to experience bullying, as well as trouble communicating. This is one of the reasons why some deaf people go to speech therapy. Another reason is that they have parents who are able to hear. According to the U.S Department of Health, 90 percent of deaf children are born to parents who do not have hearing