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Originally Posted by wendybeth
You're right for the most part, Prudence, but there are so many other factors at play here. The Deaf community doesn't think their hearing loss needs to be 'fixed' by technology and many of them are extremely nasty about implants- the sign for 'implant' is a negative one in itself.
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This is part of where I was trying to go with the "passing" comment. It seems like the Deaf community thinks getting implants to hear better is like bleaching black skin to get ahead or getting eyelid surgery or other cosmetic "fixes" to non-caucasian appearance. I personally think that argument is flawed because ethnic disadvantages are largely, if not entirely, social; there's very little inherent disadvantage due to ethnicity. I don't find extreme nearsightedness to be particularly advantageous, so I wear glasses. If the reliability of corrective surgery improves (it's not so good for people with vision as bad as mine), I'll probably get that.