Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Sound and Fury
In the documentary "Sound and Fury" the deaf people didn't want their deaf child to get a cochlear implant so they could hear. Their reasoning being, they wanted their child to be a part of deaf culture, and if the child could hear they would no longer be a part of deaf culture. This makes no sense to me, why on earth would they not be a part of deaf culture anymore? The child is 5, so she's been deaf and signing for about 4 years, she wants to hear other children, she can almost speak plain english. If I learn a new language I don't suddenly forget I've learned english. Even more so, the parents are afraid she won't sign, but they are deaf!!! She will talk with her friends and sign with her parents! what is the problem with that? I don't understand how illogically they were thinking, just because your child speaks doesn't mean they aren't deaf. Those parents were irresponsable and frankly quite stupid for not expanding their child's horizons.
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I don't think that the parents were irresponsable because they wanted the best for their child, but I can see what you mean. It makes sense to the parents because they like and are proud of being deaf and they think that she sould be too, not that she isn't. I don't understand why they would think that she would leave the deaf culture, either. I think it would actually be beneficial to the parents if she would be able to talk with hearing people becuase then she could interpret what they're saying to her parents.
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