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This 3 page report discusses three different views of deafness:
1) a medical view which sees deafness as a medical problem to be cured; 2) a communicative view, which takes deafness to be an impediment to effective communication with others, and; 3) the cultural view, which focuses on the distinctive cultural heritage and patterns of the signing deaf community. Positive and negative aspects of each view are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
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likely to see the physiological problems associated with the actual processes of hearing and translating sound. From the perspective of an expert in communication, the fact that a person cannot
hear is most important in terms of the fact that he or she cannot communicate via the "normal" channels of human interaction and information exchange. Yet another consideration in terms
of how deafness is viewed is the fact that deaf people have been able to establish their own unique framework for language and communication (signing) that carries with it cultural,
social and interpretative nuances that have little, if anything, to do with sound. No single interpretation can or should be labeled as the "best" understanding of deafness. Each simply offers
a different perspective. The most meaningful understanding of the experience of being deaf ultimately relies on an integration of many considerations based on physiological, cultural, and communication realities. The
"Medical" Point of View In general, modern Western medicine views any form of disability or difference from a mechanistic perspective. In other words, if the "machine" is broken, there must
be a way to fix it. Such an attitude is what has led to numerous advances in dealing with deafness in terms of the physical changes that can be made
to repair or improve a deaf persons ability to perceive sound. For example, the development of cochlear implants was/is based on the idea that if deafness cannot be fixed, there
are mechanical and physical things to be done that can compensate for the malfunction of the ear and the ways in which the brain is able to be perceive sound.
Brody (1984) explains that: "The human ear is an engineering miracle" (p. 40). In using this "mechanical" reference and explaining the physiological aspects of hearing, Brody also explains that:
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