Cochlear Implants

As I type what I hope is the last blog post of the quarter, I find myself scrapping for ideas. Then it occurred to me, the Sound of Fury video kinda made me think!

First of all, times are changing exponentially. If you can't keep up, then you're gonna find yourself in a very difficult situation. The video was a prime example of what I just said. The world seems as if though the world is moving so fast that no one has time to pick up on sign language which seems like a dead language. As history has shown, Latin was once a very common language, now it is not mentioned anywhere outside of the Catholic Church and science class. Likewise, sign language is becoming more and more secluded.

Just the fact that the father would not let her daughter get a cochlear implant seemed ignorant. On top of that he always seemed to explode with rage when someone would bring it up. It seemed like he couldn't even think straight, which hurt his credibility. The video gave us a unique look into his perspective though. Even though he is deaf, he still holds what seems like a successful job. However, because he is deaf, he is extremely limited in his potential. Everyday he needs someone to hold his hand and explain step by step how to do it.

At this point in time that may work out fine for him. In reality that will not be the case with his daughter. The rate at which we are able to do things will continue to increase at a ridiculous rate. Social Darwinism will set in and take its place by weeding out the people who are too slow to comprehend everything. I am not saying that the daughter lacks intelligence, I am saying that because sign language is becoming less understood and the deaf community cannot learn as fast as the hearing, the daughter will suffer a more difficult path than her father.

On top of everything, I didn't understand what the big deal was with being able to hear with a cochlear implant and use sign language as well. She will always be deaf no matter what. Therefore, she will never lose her identity as a deaf person. It is time for the deaf community, or at least the ones who made an appearance on the video, to quit being so proud and to accept the fact that times are changing faster than they would like.