Implants Argumentative Essay

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-Some negative points for implants were as follows:
First, those who have an implant may be isolated or left out of the deaf culture. Most deaf are proud to be deaf and feel it is a disgrace to their culture to have the implant done. The deaf culture may belittle and look down on the person who has the implant. Reason being because those who are deaf may feel those with implants think they are “handicapped” or not “normal” if they are deaf. Secondly, the deaf culture feels that the implant is taking deaf people away from their culture. Some deaf have the feeling that the implant may cause the deaf culture to become extinct. They fell as hearing people are taking their deaf people and trying to “fix” them when there is nothing wrong. Deaf …show more content…
Yes, the deaf infants would not have the chance to make the personal call of implanting or not implanting. The infant age is the best time to have the implant done. Sixthly, I am selfish. I want to “fix” everything. I would want to do the implant for my deaf infant. I feel as a hearing person it would give my child more opportunities in the hearing world. If it did not work than we tried to “fix” the “problem”. I would still want to incorporated sign, because it would always be his second language, especially if the implants did not work. I know it should be his or her first language, but I have never been deaf nor do I know how to raise a deaf child. I feel that if the child later on in life feels they do not accept the idea of the implant they can take the outside of the implant off. Lastly, I would love to research more into the cochlear implant. I looked for an hour into who invented the child. I came up with three inventers Dr. Graeme Clark, Dr. Adam Kissiah, and Dr. William House. I did find that the interest in the ideas of electrical methods stimulating hearing began in the late 18th century when Alessandro Volta discovered the electrolytic cell (1). I couldn’t figure
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