[7]: 929-32), Lynne Swanson made the mistake of assuming that the deaf community is
homogeneous and that those who sign—the “culturally Deaf”—represent the majority of that …

[7]: 929-32), Lynne Swanson made the mistake of assuming that the deaf community is
homogeneous and that those who sign—the “culturally Deaf”—represent the majority of that …

When Angie Mucci's daughter Allie was born nearly three years ago, she knew her little girl
was special. What she didn't know--and wouldn't discover until a year later, when it was …

This first-person account discusses how a cochlear implant has allowed an individual with
deafness to hear. It describes how cochlear implants function, the development of cochlear …

Cochlear implants: the head-on collision between medical technology and the right to be deaf
Page 1 CAN MED ASSOC J • OCT. 1, 1997; 157 (7) 929 © 1997 Lynne Swanson Cochlear …

This essay sets forth why we, the hearing parents of a profoundly deaf child, have chosen
not to seek a cochlear implant for our daughter. In controversial matters, participants in a …

DEAFNESS is often an invisible disability. Rather than generating sympathy, as is more the
case with other deficiencies such as blindness, it often leads to impatience or derision …

In 2002, Lee Larson was a single mother to two-year-old Kyron and three-year-old Christian.
Like their mother, Kyron and Christian were deaf. 2 The family's native language and …

The article was quite timely and generated some strong reactions, as shown by letters to the
editor in our March and July, 1995 issues. One writer, Dr. Luetke-Stahlman, wrote with …

March 1993 AJA 27 orally in addition to signing. Padden (1980) suggests that the “degree of
hearing loss is not a criterion for being Deaf”(p. 95). Some Deaf with residual hearing …