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the subject as part of its larger theme of familiar relationships. Discussion We begin with a brief overview of the film. In this production, the main question "involves a choice
unavailable to most minorities -- whether they would opt out of that status if possible."1 Dan Miller (Jeff Daniels) and his wife Laura (Marlee Matlin) play the parents of a
boy, Adam, who was born hearing but has gradually gotten deaf.2 Dan can hear normally but Laura is profoundly deaf; however, Dan is so in love with her that he
said he "yearned to speak her language."3 This changes after a visit to the doctor, who suggests cochlear implants for the boy to restore his hearing to some degree.4
Dan also encourages the boy to talk, which dismays Laura and irritates Max, her father, who is also deaf.5 He is a fierce advocate of "deaf pride" and is angered
by the idea that there is something wrong with Adam that must be "fixed."6 The story is told during the court case in which the estranged couple battles for custody
of Adam, but the central question is whether or not members of the majority, in this case those who hear normally, are right in thinking that everyone wants to be
the same; and if they have the right to force conformity on those who are different. Cochlear implants in the film are the device that the director uses to pose
this most important question. Cochlear implants are vastly different from hearing aids, which simply amplify sounds (i.e., make them louder) so that people with poor hearing can understand them.7 Cochlear
implants work by bypassing the damaged parts of the ear and stimulating the auditory nerve directly; the nerve in turn passes on the signals generated by the implant to the
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