Controversy on Cochlear Implants

Controversy on Cochlear Implants

Week Seven – Question One

Explain the controversy over cochlear implants. How do these devices work and why is a significant portion of the deaf community against their use in children? Do they produce normal hearing? Are there dangers involved?

Use your text and Outside Articles to answer this question. Sensation & Perception by E. Bruce Goldstein, 10th ed.

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Controversy on Cochlear Implants

Technology may have resulted in increased access to products that improve the quality of life, but some cases of such improvements have elicited significant debate. In particular, the increased use of cochlear implants as a means of addressing challenges associated with the outer ear resulting in deafness have elicited mixed reaction from society (McWilliams, 2018). In particular, controversy over the use of cochlear implants lies in the implications on an effort to conform the deaf world to the perceptions by the hearing world, which is not only inappropriate……………..

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