I need help with my thesis

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shel90 said:
Ok now I understand much better about the cultural identification...I was not 100% sure but never really put much thought into it until this thread. :D
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Not only that you were brought up in the hearing world but you had a brother that was also deaf.

Secondly you attended Gallaudet and now a teacher of the Deaf.

So in essence--you are a bona fide member of the Deaf culture! :lol: :cool2:
 
Jolie77 said:
Guys - If you want to discuss about the discretion of "d" and "D" of the norms of Deaf Culture/World, so and on.
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I tried, brought and am trying to steer the CI issue into the D/d classification.
 
Jolie77 said:
Guys - If you want to discuss about the discretion of "d" and "D" of the norms of Deaf Culture/World, so and on - Please create a new thread about it. It is getting off the topic as we speak.

The OP is wanting to know about the issue that revolves with the Cochlear Implant.
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PLZ get a room to continue this (D)eaf debate! (click on that link!!)
 
Jolie77 said:
Guys - If you want to discuss about the discretion of "d" and "D" of the norms of Deaf Culture/World, so and on - Please create a new thread about it. It is getting off the topic as we speak.

The OP is wanting to know about the issue that revolves with the Cochlear Implant.
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Fine.

CI does not go in hand in hand with the identification of the culturally big 'D'.

However--it goes in hand in hand with the little 'd'.
 
Byrdie714 said:
Fine.

CI does not go in hand in hand with the identification of the culturally big 'D'.

However--it goes in hand in hand with the little 'd'.
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Exactly. I only broached the issue because the OP brought it up.
 
Byrdie714 said:
Fine.

CI does not go in hand in hand with the identification of the culturally big 'D'.

However--it goes in hand in hand with the little 'd'.
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So technically, you could be a D and then all of the sudden "black sheeped" yourself into a little d :hmm:

Sounds kind of like army desertion in a way eh?

What's the general big D's take on D->d's transition? Is it the same "deserter" brand that gets marked on them?


Just from getting a CI.

I can imagine that the CI causes huge controversy in event of choosing that road. This is one huge reason alone that marks the distinction of having a CI.
 
Byrdie714 said:
Fine.

CI does not go in hand in hand with the identification of the culturally big 'D'.

However--it goes in hand in hand with the little 'd'.
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Yes, I know that it does goes hand in hand with the little 'd' but however, that is not what the OP is asking for. The OP is wanting to know the issues that are related with the CI and until then, I'd think we can wait until the OP clears out on his/her view that is being explored in order to reply. :)
 
Please please its gone waay off topic again. If you wannt to debate 'd" and "D" on deafness, please take this over to jiro's thread in On=Topic Debates.

The last thing the OP needs is information overload and off-topic debate on her thread.

Thxs...
 
Moderators--No offense but please re-read the OP's post again. It also states:

gradstudent0509 said:
The reason why I decided to write my thesis on cochlear implants to help myself and my colleagues better understand the decision making process and I felt that it would be better to get this information from people who have been through it themselves. I can try to tell parents that I understand what they are going through, but I don't. I know what my education has taught me and I have worked with children with cochlear implants and I have learned a lot from them and their parents, but all of their parents are hearing. I think it would be great to get the perspective from people from deaf culture so that I would have even more information to share with colleagues and parents.
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Therefore this OP is asking opinions of CI and the Deaf culture........:)
 
faire_jour said:
In real life the Deaf community has been nothing but welcoming, encouraging and helpful. They have accepted my daughter from the moment we entered this journey with hearing loss.
The people here have been the exact opposite; judgemental, fault-finding, and exclusionary. They have wanted her to be a part of their community, and they have invited us (my husband and I) in as well. THEY identify her as Deaf, and I am proud of that. Whenever I am introduced to another Deaf person, they say "she is hearing BUT, " and then they list all the things we do with my daughter. When the bi-bi school set up their advisory commitee, I was asked to be a part of the board. They respect my opinion, even though people here don't.
I am tired of being called names. I am tired of being attacked. I find it sad that oral parents on CICircle are more accepting of my daughter and ASL than the people here are.
I am so glad that my family didn't run into people like YOU when we first discovered my daughter's hearing loss. I had never understood when other hearing parents relayed these shocking experiences with the Deaf community, stories of distain and judgement, but I do now. I had always thought that the parents had taken people the wrong way, maybe they had just run into someone on a bad day, or maybe there were just a few, very few, bad seeds out there....guess I was wrong. I guess my experience with a loving, accepting community is actually the minority.

Good luck.
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Actually, I read her blog, and she was much more truthful and open there, knowing she was going to be rejected in her community since they are definitely moving the child to an oral setting.
 
So therefore the discussion of the little 'd' and the big 'D' applies pertaining to CI's. :)
 
I'm thinking, as long as we can stay on context with CI in regards to D and d then it is within context for the OP's intention, because that is a huge weighting factor in getting a CI. This will be as far out of bounds we can go, though.

But to be truthful, D and d does matter in the event of choosing the CI, as gradstudent mentioned a decision process that he/she is interested and curious on.

Everything else is going to have to remain back on their benches.
 
Locking this up for further review. Any other discussion goes to jiros thread in on-topic debates.
 
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