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Sound & Fury Chapter 6
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5 minutes and 15 seconds
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United States
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English
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Documentary
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Roger Weisberg, Jackie Roth, Julie Sacks
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Josh Aronson
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gateway on Dec 15, 2008
Chapter 6: Two brothers debate about their deaf children getting a cochlear implant
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- (background music)
- (interpreted): MOM, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THE IMPLANT.
- NEXT WEEK, PETER'S GOING TO THE AUDIOLOGIST FOR TESTS
- AND THEN HE'LL DEFINITELY GET THE COCHLEAR IMPLANT IN JANUARY.
- (interpreted): A FRIEND OF MINE ASKED ME WHY HE'S GETTING IT.
- I TOLD HIM YOU WANTED IT, AND THEY WERE VERY SURPRISED.
- HE FEELS SORRY FOR HIM.
- WHAT CAN I DO?
- YOU MEAN, YOU'RE EMBARRASSED
- ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL SAY ABOUT IT?
- I'M EMBARRASSED BECAUSE YOU'RE MAKING HIM HEARING
- SO HE'LL SPEAK WELL.
- MY FAMILY IS ALL HEARING, AND HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO'S DEAF.
- HIS AUNTS AND UNCLES ARE ALL DEAF.
- HE HAS A BIG DEAF FAMILY.
- IT DOESN'T MATTER.
- IT DOES MATTER.
- I WANT HIM TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
- TO BE ANYTHING HE WANTS TO BE.
- OH... YOU'RE SUCH A LOUSY DAUGHTER.
- MOM SAYS I'M A LOUSY DAUGHTER.
- SHE JUST SAID THAT.
- (interpreted): OH, NO, NO, STOP THAT.
- SHE SAID I'M A LOUSY DAUGHTER
- BECAUSE I WANT TO IMPLANT MY SON.
- HOW DO YOU FEEL?
- HOW DO I FEEL?
- YES, DAD, HOW DO YOU FEEL?
- DO YOU THINK I'M A LOUSY DAUGHTER?
- NO, NO, NO.
- Marianne: WHO'S LOUSY?
- MARI, MY DAUGHTER.
- MY DEAF FRIENDS WONDER
- WHO EVEN INTERPRETS FOR DEAF PEOPLE
- WOULDN'T LOVE HER OWN CHILD EVEN IF HE'S BORN DEAF.
- A MOTHER SHOULD LOVE HER CHILD THE WAY HE IS.
- Marianne (speaking): DEAF PEOPLE THINK
- THAT THE HEARING PEOPLE
- ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEM HEARING.
- NOT TRUE.
- I DON'T MEAN TO INSULT YOU
- BUT PEOPLE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THE WORLD IS CHANGING.
- IT'S NOT TO HURT DEAF PEOPLE, IT'S TO HELP THEM.
- I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR DEAF PEOPLE TO ACCEPT THIS
- BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THE FLOOR HAS BEEN PULLED OUT
- FROM UNDERNEATH A DEAF PERSON.
- I UNDERSTAND THAT.
- BUT YOU STILL CAN'T STOP THE FUTURE;
- YOU CAN'T STOP PROGRESS FROM HAPPENING.
- (all talking at once)
- Many people: LIKE FRANKENSTEIN... MONSTERS...
- (interpreted): TODAY WHEN PARENTS FIND OUT THEIR CHILD IS DEAF
- THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE CHILD
- AND THEY JUST FORCE AN IMPLANT ON THEM.
- (interpreted): THESE PARENTS ARE SELFISH.
- Man (interpreted): MY OPINION IS
- IF YOU'RE BORN DEAF, THAT'S IT.
- (interpreted): YOU'RE RIGHT-- I AGREE WITH YOU.
- Mari (interpreted): NOW YOU'RE ALL GOING TO COME AFTER ME.
- WE HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE OUR SON, PETER, A COCHLEAR IMPLANT.
- (gasping, groaning)
- I WANT TO GIVE MY SON
- OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE IN BOTH WORLDS.
- (interpreted): YOU FEEL THAT DEAF PEOPLE ARE INFERIOR
- SO YOU WANT TO IMPLANT YOUR CHILD
- IN THE HOPE THAT HE WILL HAVE A CHANCE IN THE FUTURE.
- IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING?
- (interpreted): IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE THINK DEAF PEOPLE ARE LIMITED.
- IT'S BECAUSE THE WORLD'S VIEW OF DEAF PEOPLE
- MAKES THINGS MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM.
- WELL, LOOK AT ME-- I WORK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES.
- I'VE BEEN A SUPERVISOR OF 25 HEARING PEOPLE
- FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND I AM DEAF.
- (interpreted): I'M A FOREMAN AT MY JOB
- AND I CONTROL THE WHOLE SHOP.
- MY BOSS CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT ME.
- AND I'M STONE DEAF.
- (interpreted): A CHILD IS NOT A GUINEA PIG.
- I THINK THAT THE PARENT WHO FORCES
- AN IMPLANT ON HIS CHILD
- IS NOT CONSIDERING THAT CHILD'S FEELINGS.
- THE BODY BELONGS TO THE CHILD.
- WHEN HE GROWS UP, HIS PARENTS CAN ASK HIM THEN
- IF HE WANTS AN IMPLANT.
- BUT THIS IS BEST AGE FOR HIM TO GET AN IMPLANT
- SO HE'LL HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY
- TO LEARN SPEECH AND LANGUAGE.
- IF WE WAIT UNTIL HE'S 15, IT'LL BE TOO LATE.
- YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TAKING HIS DEAFNESS AWAY.
- HE'LL KNOW HE'S DEAF.
- I'LL TEACH HIM HIS DEAF CULTURE.
- DO WE THINK THE IMPLANT CAN KILL DEAF CULTURE, YES OR NO?
- Others: YES. YES. OF COURSE.
- YES, YES, YES.
- ONCE SOMEONE IS IMPLANTED
- HE WILL MIGRATE TO THE HEARING WORLD
- AND WON'T BOTHER WITH THE DEAF WORLD.
- WE CAN'T DETERMINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
- IF THE TECHNOLOGY WAS AVAILABLE A LONG TIME AGO.
- WHO KNOWS?
- MAYBE WE WOULD ALL HAVE IMPLANTS TODAY.
- WHO KNOWS?
- PRETTY SOON, WE WILL LOOK LIKE ROBOTS.
- NOT ALL DEAF PEOPLE CAN DEVELOP GOOD SPEECH
- AND SOUND LIKE HEARING PEOPLE, MAYBE JUST 20%
- SO DEAF CULTURE WILL PERSIST FOR MANY, MANY MORE YEARS.
- DEAF CULTURE IS WONDERFUL.
- (all cheer)
- Mari: I THINK AT TIMES THEY'RE RIGHT, THAT I AM BETRAYING ALL I KNOW.
- I STILL AM TORN BECAUSE HERE I...
- I TOOK IT AS A SIGN FROM THIS WOMAN
- "LOOK THIS CHILD IS JUST LIKE ME"
- "YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG.
- HE'S PART OF OUR WORLD-- LEAVE HIM ALONE."
- AND THAT KILLS ME, THAT KILLS ME.
- BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT THE BEST FOR MY CHILD
- AND I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE BEST OPPORTUNITY I CAN.
- AND THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW IS THAT THERE'S THIS TECHNOLOGY NOW
- THAT WILL ENABLE HIM
- TO BECOME MORE FUNCTIONAL IN THE HEARING WORLD.


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