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Cochlear Implants and the Deaf Community

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Deaf Community

By Dennis Berrigan, Dr. Laurene Simms, and Francisca Rangel

Watch this 10-minute video (below) of Dennis Berrigan, ASL Center Coordinator at the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center, Dr. Laurene Simms, Associate Professor in the Gallaudet University Department of Education, and Francisca Rangel, ASL & Deaf Studies Coordinator at Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and Model Secondary School for the Deaf at the Clerc Center, in a discussion of the following issues related to the Deaf community perspective on cochlear implants:

  • a definition of the Deaf community
  • a definition of Deaf culture
  • a Deaf community view on cochlear implants
  • the National Association of the Deaf position paper on cochlear implants 


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For more information about the Deaf community's perspective on cochlear implants, see:

National Association for the Deaf position paper on cochlear implants

Leigh, I., & Christiansen, J. The Deaf community: Perceptions of parents, young people, and professionals. In Cochlear implants in children: Ethics and choices (chap. 10).

Sound and Fury website

Gallaudet University: Bob's Vlog - A Conversation with Ryan Kobylarz, Rachel Berman, and Dr. Michelle Malta

 

For more information about Deaf culture, see:

American Deaf Culture