Discussion

Cochelear implants is highly debated in the rehabilitation field. For physicians and parents, it offers the ability for a person who is deaf to recover some ability to hear. For the Deaf community, it is a threat because they feel the Deafness is a culture and not a disability. According to some persons within this group, by making person who are Deaf able to hear you are destroying the culture.

Two parents with “within normal limits” of hearing has a child age 3, who is deaf, is told that if the child has a cochlear implant they will be able to hear. Should they get the operation for the child? Give a detail explanation to include references via Internet to support your thought on this matter.

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