Article Deaf Education Issue
Abstract
Cochlear implantation is a relatively new procedure, which has already had significant impact on the lives of many profoundly deaf children and adults, in providing useful hearing to those unable to benefit significantly from hearing aids. After 16 years of cochlear implantation in the United Kingdom, there is now a body of evidence covering a range of outcomes, much of which covers perceptual and linguistic outcomes. This study looks at the impact of cochlear implantation on a group of 29 young people aged 13–16 years, using a semistructured questionnaire. It examines issues from the perspective of the young people themselves, including their understanding of and degree of satisfaction with the way their implant works for them, their social and communication abilities and choices, their educational challenges, and their identity. It concludes that the young people in this group feel positive toward their cochlear implants and the decisions made on their behalf by parents. Many have a flexible attitude to communication modes and an identity which is not fixed in terms of conventional descriptors.
Hello again!
This coming Wednesday, February 3, we will be holding a meeting at Lansing Community College in the Arts and Sciences building, room 121 at 7 p.m. to discuss our next steps in our fight to save Deaf Education and ASL classes at MSU.
Bring ideas and any resources you may have! (Including media!)
Directions can be found here: http://www.lansing.cc.mi.us/maps/main/
Also! In today’s State News…
http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/01/students_speak_out_against_deaf_education_cuts
Lastly, this is a REMINDER that on FEBRUARY 12, 2010 there will be a Board of Trustees meeting on the 4th floor of the Hannah Administration Building at MSU (where we held the rally).
We need all the supporters we can possibly get! You do NOT have to speak. Your attendance alone will be the greatest help of all.
As always, please contact me with any questions/concerns you may have.
Thanks again everyone!
Katie Hosmer
