*** The Evolving Debate over Cochlear Implants

[Guest guest]

NPR (National Public Radio), October 12, 2006

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The Evolving Debate over Cochlear Implants

Talk of the Nation, October 12, 2006 · Cochlear implants have divided the

deaf community for years. Many see the technology, which offers some degree

of hearing, as a threat to deaf culture. Now that debate is shifting. Neal

Conan and guests discuss the benefits and drawbacks of cochlear implants.

Guests:

Josh Aronson, filmmaker and director of two documentaries, Sound and Fury

and Sound and Fury: Six Years Later

Artinian, featured in the documentary Sound and Fury; deaf father of

Artinian

Artinian, featured in the documentary Sound and Fury; received

cochlear implant at age 9

Chorost, author of Rebuilt: My Journey Back To The Hearing World, a

scientific memoir of going deaf and regaining hearing with a cochlear

implant

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