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The decision to give one's child a cochlear implant is a very difficult one. This video presents differing viewpoints on the topic. A majority of the discussion occurs in casual round-table type conversation between the two parents of a young eighteen month old deaf child, Emily, a deaf mentor who uses ASL, and a hearing support therapist. The video then culminates with each person providing rationale for their viewpoint and feelings.
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Moving halfway across the country to Colorado right before senior year means Maya will be leaving Pratt School for the Deaf. She's been a student there for years; to attend Engelmann High, a hearing school, is a shock. When Beau Watson, Engelmann's student body president starts learning ASL to converse with her, Maya thinks he has a hidden agenda. But she can't deny it's nice to sign with someone. When Maya passes up a chance to receive a cochlear...
44) Emma's ears
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"Emma was born profoundly deaf. She tells you the story of her ears, from hearing aids to the cochlear implants she gets a two years old. This book is meant to explain to a young child the idea behind and process of receiving cochlear implants. Whether the child themselves has cochlear implants or has a classmate who does, this book provides a story that is both realistic and age-appropriate." -- back cover.
47) Sound and fury
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Follows the story of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they confront a technological device, the cochlear implant, that can help a deaf family member hear but may also threaten deaf culture. Some of the family members celebrate the implant as a long overdue cure for deafness while others fear it will destroy their language and way of life.
51) To hear again
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"This program describes the major risk factors of hearing impairment, stresses the importance of early diagnosis of hearing impairment in infants, and demonstrates two infant hearing tests : the auditory brain stem response...and the behavioral method...The program also presents...cochlear implants...hearing aids equipped with computer chips...and digital speech processing."--Container.
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Cochlear implants could soon make a lifetime of profound deafness a thing of the past-and in the process bring an end to America's vibrant Deaf culture. In this program, NewsHour correspondent Betty Ann Bowser takes a balanced look at the implications of cochlear implant technology on the Deaf community. Dr. John Niparko, director of The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins; King Jordan, president of Gallaudet University; and others share their markedly...
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Looks at what happened to the Artinian Family after their story captured audiences around the world in the original documentary Sound and Fury. That story focuses on the struggle of a family over the surgical placement of a cochlear implant in Heather, their deaf daughter, and their ultimate decision to reject the idea. In this stand-alone follow-up film, Heather at age nine did get the implant as did her Mother and two younger brothers. Now at...
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"An investigation into the science of hearing, child language acquisition, neuroplasticity, brain development, and Deaf culture spurred by Lydia Denworth's discovery that her son couldn't hear her lullabies and the family's life-altering decision to give him a cochlear implant. Lydia Denworth's third son, Alex, was almost two when he was diagnosed with profound and progressive hearing loss. As both a science writer and the mother of young children,...
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Shows the effectiveness of cochlear implants for children by following two sets of twins for three years after implantation. Each set has one deaf twin and one hearing twin. Two of the twins are from the video, "Sound and Fury". The comparison between the deaf and hearing child's language development is shown.
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