Dare To Ask Talk And News About Our Differences
i agree with all of the talk about deaf culture. What I have to say is a more personal note, and maybe it will help you understand a little better. I was born hard of hearing and have worn hearing aids since I was four years old. With my aids, my hearing is very good and I’m actually a musician. People have asked me, if I could ‘cure’ my ears, would I? I always tell them no, simply because I’m happy the way I am. Because of my hearing loss I’ve had to deal with things my whole life that most people don’t ever have to think about. I’ve been made fun of for my hearing aids and in general, just treated very different from hearing people. It’s made me who I am and I would feel like I lost something if my ears were to be surgically repaired. Now, I also have a deteriorating eye condition and will go blind in about ten years. If given the chace to cure my eyes, I will take it. Perhaps you wonder what the difference is and it’s really quite simple: humans fear change. I’ve always had sight and the thought of losing it scares me, so i would want it back if I can. But since I’ve never had perfect hearing, it doesn’t matter. Perhaps if I were to go completely deaf, I would simply want my hearing back to what it was, but I don’t feel the need for perfect hearing.