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THE SILENT DEBATE: THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE COCHLEAR
IMPLANT AND HOW IT IS CHANGING THE DEAF COMMUNITY
by
Susan Elizabeth Grant
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF ARTS
(JOURNALISM)
May 2008
Copyright 2008 Susan Elizabeth Grant
Object Description
| Title | The silent debate: the controversy over the cochlear implant and how it is changing the deaf community |
| Author | Grant, Susan Elizabeth |
| Author email | susangra@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Journalism (Print Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-25 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-16 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Cole, K.C. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Seidenberg, Willa House, John |
| Abstract | The new generation of young deaf people with cochlear implants, are at the forefront of a cultural battleground between the hearing and deaf communities over language and identity. While it would be a struggle to find an amputee deriding the medical advancements of prosthetic limbs, the deaf community sees the cochlear implant as a threat to their culture and language. This is because children with cochlear implants are taught speech and usually sent to regular schools, making the chances of them learning sign language and being involved in the deaf community much smaller.; With more and more children receiving cochlear implants each year, the rift between the hearing and deaf community shows no sign of slowing down. The cochlear implant is either a medical miracle or an attempt to eradicate a culture, depending on who is asked. What is certain on both sides, is that it is an agent of change and a stern reminder that there is nothing more essential, and more coveted, than human communication. |
| Keyword | cochlear implant; sign language; deaf education |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1136 |
| Rights | Grant, Susan Elizabeth |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Grant-20080416 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Grant-20080416.pdf |
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| Full text | THE SILENT DEBATE: THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE COCHLEAR IMPLANT AND HOW IT IS CHANGING THE DEAF COMMUNITY by Susan Elizabeth Grant A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF ARTS (JOURNALISM) May 2008 Copyright 2008 Susan Elizabeth Grant |
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