I am a hearing person, so obviously I have no idea what it is like to be deaf. However, if my child wanted to try that implant, and there were no side effects that would hurt her, I would let her. Wanting to try the implant and be able to hear doesn't make anyone a bad person. Everyone wants to experience one new thing or another in his or her life. Once again, this just brings up the argument that people need to realize there can be room for all ways of being (provided they are safe).
I think there should have been captions because not all deaf/HoH people signor use the same type of sign language. Anyway, this is a favorite of mine and for some reason, I love the music!
The father is afraid of losing his daughter to another culture, the hearing culture, but that can't be further from the truth. She would become like a bilingual person. Be able to live comfortably in both worlds.
Interesting that the makers of this clip has 'voiceover' so that hearing people can hear all the comments, however, you do not have caption at the bottom so that deaf people can see what is being said!!! Please add caption to your clips!!! Thanks!
I noticed that. I thought it was incredibly ironic that a movie about deafness didn't have captions! However it is made (I think) to help hearing people understand the deaf world and culture so perhaps they didn't think they needed it. However I still think they should have included them.
@icekat83 As a hearing person, captions distract one from feeling emotion when looking at the person communicating, because you are too busy reading rather than feeling.
@truvelocity Yes, but hearing people with bad auditory processing still need captions, and mentally disabled people who don't get emotion out of looking at the person communicating would still benefit.
Oh that's okay. I read an article about it so I know what happens, but thanks anyway. I would just really like to see it and see what they all look like.
Tinnitus did not damage my hearing...most of the time the Tinnitus is a way of telling you that there's something wrong with your hearing you are gonna have to see an audiologist to..is like the flu...you body gets a fever because it is telling you that there's something wrong with you. But Tinnitus does not, i repeat does not damage your hearing...mine is all screwed up because i have Presbycusis which is hearing loss. and also i suffer from tinnitus..
Honestly if I had a dear child I would want my child have all oppurtunituies they can so I would definently get the CI done....but I would still have my deaf child learn ASL because even with teh CI they're still deaf!
This mother is very much a New Yorker. I have to disagree with her statements that her son his being abusive. There is nothing wrong with being Deaf and there isn't anything that needs to be fixed. She just can't stand that there is a Deaf family starting to grow that aren't like her and are more like her son. I believe it should be up to the child to decide if they want a CI or not when they are old enough to decide not up to the parents
I just finished watching this documentary in my Education class today. A real eye opener to deaf culture. However, I have to disagree with Heather's parents. It just seems to me that they're more interested in maintaining the integrity of their culture rather than the well being of their child. Even the father admitted that he'd likely not be able to climb any higher up the corporate ladder as a result of being deaf.
he contradicted himself when he says that he is a suscessful but yet again he cannot go higher because he is deaf. I am not sure you if you new this but heather is now 10 years old and she has a CI and did her mother as well. Both heather and her mother are hearing and deaf because of the CI Heather has learn to speak and her mother is taking classes to learn to speak as well.
No one's culture is any better than anyone else's. People should just get along. I am a hearing parent of hearing children and we are learning ASL together as a family. If ASL was taught world wide with all the same signs everyone would be able to communicate.. What a wonderful world it would be.?????????????
That may seem like a great idea to create an international sign language or use ASL in other countries, but it's not. It ignores the diversity and unique cultures inherent in language. It would be blatantly ethnocentric. Couldn't you imaging the uproar Americans would have if we had to give up our language and speak, say German or French? Well, deaf people all over the world feel that way about their language too.
@vphillip24 If i was deaf, and learned sign language, i'd be excited to gain hearing. I'd know i'd have an easier time communicating with those around me, and plus, i have a secret language with my deaf friends. I'd teach my kids sign language from birth, and English along with it. My kids would be coherently bi-lingual, making them accepting of new languages and cultures. i dont see a negitave to these implants!
those parent who had their baby son to get CI,that makes it very bad for a little baby to have a CI. I really disagree with their plans with their son.
if you think about it those of us who have had our ears pierced when we were babies didnt have a choice or when we were baptist. Parents just choose whats best for the child. but everybody has their own opinion.
Pierced ears close up eventually and baptized children can grow up and chose not to recognize the sybollism of baptism. Those examples cannot compare with an irrevocable, invasive procedure like a CI. As a hearing person, I would much rather learn ASL, teach it to my child and enroll them in a residential school where they can be around other deaf children. Only then will they have a real shot at a "normal" childhood.
I understand that deaf people have a awesome culture but, parents have to want the best for their children. CI just makes the child experience both world it makes the deaf child life easier. You cant choose when your older because the best result happen at the youngest age.
I do not think the CI is a good idea because of how close it is to the brain. That can't be good. How many years have they studied the effects so far ? Long term effects ?
People don't understand that CI is not the same as hearing naturally. Implanting your child will not make them the same as hearing children. Learning to hear with a cochlear implant is an arduous process, it will not make childhood easier.
Children with CI often feel very alone because they are stuck in between worlds. They are not truly hearing but they are not the same as the deaf world.
deaf parent shouldnt implant their child, it is unnecessary. They won't have any greater quality of life.
fawk the implant till the child grows up to make the decision if want it or not im glad my parents let me decide weather I want it or not im totaly deaf and I know it wont change me to become like hearing I love my life Its like gambling with death/life. its not fair to the child if something happens while CI making off millions millions of dollars profit. some 38% of babies with CI's suffering with pain/infections even death CI's not for everyone~ good for people with hearing loss
By the time the child can make a choice for themselves it could be too late. A baby's brain learns and clicks things together easier then an older brain.
If I could give my child a lost sense back I would, even if it weren't fully back. People get glasses to fix their eyes, and surgeries to fix their eyesight. To help them see. Implants are to help them hear, I would help my child by getting them.
dont you see the highest % of them wanted them OFF, wants it out of their head all of my friends wish their parents to wait till older... now I feel bad about them suffering NOT HAPPY with their lifes what do you have to say to that SUPPORT HEARINGS ??? hearings dont know swhit we the deaf people know it they been there and they have something to say CI companys dont give a fawk but makin money
I agree with you.... And on top of that.. i think it will change the deaf personality and if get Ci , it will limit on things that they love to do, like go swimming, or play sports. Is BEING able to HEAR that important ? I mean at some degree, yes...but being born deaf is GOD plan. Accept it. I don't understand why Hearing are pushing this CI and thinking that Ci is the best for the deaf. HOW do THEY KNOW? Have they used it on themselves? No, they HAVE NOT! I totally disagrees with the CI !!!!!!
You are actually right, deafgagirl (by the way, i totally love your screen name hehehe) anyhow, as a ex hearing person...i am hoh deaf since last year when i lost my hearing completely...by presbycusis and tinnitus though i can still hear the BEEEEEP in my head and i am so used to it now that it does not bother me as much as i did before. i choose to not get the CI i am pretty content with my ASL and my hearing aids...plain and simple.
thanks you for the nice comments. and did youknow that on wikipedia they had to take off the proof of rate success on Colhear Implants. it was rated LOW success and they had to take it off. I gues sthe medical did not want others to see that!
i noticed that too. lol...wicked. You know today i went to blockbuster and i was looking for that documentary but they don't have it yet...i was like urgh! i really want to see the whole thing...i even search online where i can see it even pbs and nothing...
i'm 23 years old since last 5 years i had accident(i was cleaning wax from my Left ear & now i have tinnitus in my left earn because of Cleaning with hair pin)...
from my left ear i always have sound of tinnitus...will it damage my hearing completely??
As far as i understand, Tinnitus has no cure, there's ways to masked the tinnitus sound with another sound or wear hearing aids to mask the Tinnitus but cure? No, There's two type of tinnitus...mild and chronic...mild is when you go to a concert and you have tinnitus which in a couple of weeks it will go away but chronic is when tinnitus is there forever! you gonna have to deal with it. which sucks.
@AutismAuntie Um yeah, but not all vision impairments can be fully helped (or even partially helped) by surgery and/or glasses, and giving a child surgery for their eyesight when they cannot consent is wrong.
parents want a baby to have CI?! it is not good idea, and let the kid growing up and whatever they want. when i see the baby, and i really feel bad, because later in life, will feel regret it.
"If you had a child born blind, and there was an operation that would give your child eyesight, would you do it?"
No.
calistair1 3 months ago
I am a hearing person, so obviously I have no idea what it is like to be deaf. However, if my child wanted to try that implant, and there were no side effects that would hurt her, I would let her. Wanting to try the implant and be able to hear doesn't make anyone a bad person. Everyone wants to experience one new thing or another in his or her life. Once again, this just brings up the argument that people need to realize there can be room for all ways of being (provided they are safe).
MissIcia 9 months ago
@MissIcia Yes, but you can't remove a cochlear implant, and they do have risks associated with them.
calistair1 3 months ago
I think there should have been captions because not all deaf/HoH people signor use the same type of sign language. Anyway, this is a favorite of mine and for some reason, I love the music!
MalfoyFemDom 1 year ago
The father is afraid of losing his daughter to another culture, the hearing culture, but that can't be further from the truth. She would become like a bilingual person. Be able to live comfortably in both worlds.
truvelocity 1 year ago 10
Never heard someone yell in sign language before! Hilarious!
Ringodomass 1 year ago
Interesting that the makers of this clip has 'voiceover' so that hearing people can hear all the comments, however, you do not have caption at the bottom so that deaf people can see what is being said!!! Please add caption to your clips!!! Thanks!
PDDnMD 2 years ago
I noticed that. I thought it was incredibly ironic that a movie about deafness didn't have captions! However it is made (I think) to help hearing people understand the deaf world and culture so perhaps they didn't think they needed it. However I still think they should have included them.
icekat83 1 year ago
@icekat83 As a hearing person, captions distract one from feeling emotion when looking at the person communicating, because you are too busy reading rather than feeling.
truvelocity 1 year ago
@truvelocity This is only true if you're an extremely slow reader.
rhinobaby 7 months ago
@truvelocity Yes, but hearing people with bad auditory processing still need captions, and mentally disabled people who don't get emotion out of looking at the person communicating would still benefit.
calistair1 3 months ago
I'm trying to find a copy of the follow-up. It's way harder to find than this one.
Dylanfanh61 2 years ago
Yes, it is. I want to find it too. What's it called anyway?
Muggle423 2 years ago
It's called Sound and Fury: 6 Years Later... do you want to know what happens?
tkofighter123 2 years ago
Oh that's okay. I read an article about it so I know what happens, but thanks anyway. I would just really like to see it and see what they all look like.
Muggle423 2 years ago
i found it! i just bought it recently
staraction 2 years ago
Tinnitus did not damage my hearing...most of the time the Tinnitus is a way of telling you that there's something wrong with your hearing you are gonna have to see an audiologist to..is like the flu...you body gets a fever because it is telling you that there's something wrong with you. But Tinnitus does not, i repeat does not damage your hearing...mine is all screwed up because i have Presbycusis which is hearing loss. and also i suffer from tinnitus..
staraction 2 years ago
Honestly if I had a dear child I would want my child have all oppurtunituies they can so I would definently get the CI done....but I would still have my deaf child learn ASL because even with teh CI they're still deaf!
missaudrey01 2 years ago
This mother is very much a New Yorker. I have to disagree with her statements that her son his being abusive. There is nothing wrong with being Deaf and there isn't anything that needs to be fixed. She just can't stand that there is a Deaf family starting to grow that aren't like her and are more like her son. I believe it should be up to the child to decide if they want a CI or not when they are old enough to decide not up to the parents
DanceWithHer 2 years ago
even if you get the CI, you still deaf and part of the deaf culture as long as you are shown that part of the world.
staraction 2 years ago
I just finished watching this documentary in my Education class today. A real eye opener to deaf culture. However, I have to disagree with Heather's parents. It just seems to me that they're more interested in maintaining the integrity of their culture rather than the well being of their child. Even the father admitted that he'd likely not be able to climb any higher up the corporate ladder as a result of being deaf.
Dylanfanh61 2 years ago
he contradicted himself when he says that he is a suscessful but yet again he cannot go higher because he is deaf. I am not sure you if you new this but heather is now 10 years old and she has a CI and did her mother as well. Both heather and her mother are hearing and deaf because of the CI Heather has learn to speak and her mother is taking classes to learn to speak as well.
staraction 2 years ago
I saw this documentary in my ASL class last month. The grandmother at 0:50 was acting like such a **** throughout the video
Treasurefan02 2 years ago
this is such a good video. I recommend Sound and Fury to everyone!
hithisisme1 2 years ago
No one's culture is any better than anyone else's. People should just get along. I am a hearing parent of hearing children and we are learning ASL together as a family. If ASL was taught world wide with all the same signs everyone would be able to communicate.. What a wonderful world it would be.?????????????
Motherkuen 2 years ago
That may seem like a great idea to create an international sign language or use ASL in other countries, but it's not. It ignores the diversity and unique cultures inherent in language. It would be blatantly ethnocentric. Couldn't you imaging the uproar Americans would have if we had to give up our language and speak, say German or French? Well, deaf people all over the world feel that way about their language too.
vphillip24 2 years ago 6
@vphillip24 If i was deaf, and learned sign language, i'd be excited to gain hearing. I'd know i'd have an easier time communicating with those around me, and plus, i have a secret language with my deaf friends. I'd teach my kids sign language from birth, and English along with it. My kids would be coherently bi-lingual, making them accepting of new languages and cultures. i dont see a negitave to these implants!
skynat247 5 months ago
those parent who had their baby son to get CI,that makes it very bad for a little baby to have a CI. I really disagree with their plans with their son.
greeneyedboy1980 3 years ago
if you think about it those of us who have had our ears pierced when we were babies didnt have a choice or when we were baptist. Parents just choose whats best for the child. but everybody has their own opinion.
chucha4ever21 3 years ago
Pierced ears close up eventually and baptized children can grow up and chose not to recognize the sybollism of baptism. Those examples cannot compare with an irrevocable, invasive procedure like a CI. As a hearing person, I would much rather learn ASL, teach it to my child and enroll them in a residential school where they can be around other deaf children. Only then will they have a real shot at a "normal" childhood.
vphillip24 2 years ago
i agree with you. You make a good point though.
staraction 2 years ago
@chucha4ever21 Actually I would consider both of those things to be morally wrong.
calistair1 3 months ago
I understand that deaf people have a awesome culture but, parents have to want the best for their children. CI just makes the child experience both world it makes the deaf child life easier. You cant choose when your older because the best result happen at the youngest age.
chucha4ever21 3 years ago
this film is amazing.
i've been doing sign since i was in 5th grade
its amazing.
caryndenean17 3 years ago
I am hearing.
I do not think the CI is a good idea because of how close it is to the brain. That can't be good. How many years have they studied the effects so far ? Long term effects ?
AstringOfPoloponies 3 years ago
People don't understand that CI is not the same as hearing naturally. Implanting your child will not make them the same as hearing children. Learning to hear with a cochlear implant is an arduous process, it will not make childhood easier.
Children with CI often feel very alone because they are stuck in between worlds. They are not truly hearing but they are not the same as the deaf world.
deaf parent shouldnt implant their child, it is unnecessary. They won't have any greater quality of life.
Jessiekanncan 3 years ago
you can't know how another person will feel about something like that.
they may regret it. they may not.
it's such a touchy subject.
i hate to say it but if i had a deaf child i would give it the implant.
my sister is deaf. i saw how hard it was for her growing up in a hearing world. (no one else in our family is deaf)
parsnip23x 3 years ago
fawk the implant till the child grows up to make the decision if want it or not im glad my parents let me decide weather I want it or not im totaly deaf and I know it wont change me to become like hearing I love my life Its like gambling with death/life. its not fair to the child if something happens while CI making off millions millions of dollars profit. some 38% of babies with CI's suffering with pain/infections even death CI's not for everyone~ good for people with hearing loss
hoeyhemp 3 years ago
By the time the child can make a choice for themselves it could be too late. A baby's brain learns and clicks things together easier then an older brain.
If I could give my child a lost sense back I would, even if it weren't fully back. People get glasses to fix their eyes, and surgeries to fix their eyesight. To help them see. Implants are to help them hear, I would help my child by getting them.
AutismAuntie 3 years ago
dont you see the highest % of them wanted them OFF, wants it out of their head all of my friends wish their parents to wait till older... now I feel bad about them suffering NOT HAPPY with their lifes what do you have to say to that SUPPORT HEARINGS ??? hearings dont know swhit we the deaf people know it they been there and they have something to say CI companys dont give a fawk but makin money
hoeyhemp 3 years ago
I agree with you.... And on top of that.. i think it will change the deaf personality and if get Ci , it will limit on things that they love to do, like go swimming, or play sports. Is BEING able to HEAR that important ? I mean at some degree, yes...but being born deaf is GOD plan. Accept it. I don't understand why Hearing are pushing this CI and thinking that Ci is the best for the deaf. HOW do THEY KNOW? Have they used it on themselves? No, they HAVE NOT! I totally disagrees with the CI !!!!!!
deafgagirl 3 years ago
You are actually right, deafgagirl (by the way, i totally love your screen name hehehe) anyhow, as a ex hearing person...i am hoh deaf since last year when i lost my hearing completely...by presbycusis and tinnitus though i can still hear the BEEEEEP in my head and i am so used to it now that it does not bother me as much as i did before. i choose to not get the CI i am pretty content with my ASL and my hearing aids...plain and simple.
staraction 2 years ago
thanks you for the nice comments. and did youknow that on wikipedia they had to take off the proof of rate success on Colhear Implants. it was rated LOW success and they had to take it off. I gues sthe medical did not want others to see that!
HA! I laugh at them!
deafgagirl 2 years ago
i noticed that too. lol...wicked. You know today i went to blockbuster and i was looking for that documentary but they don't have it yet...i was like urgh! i really want to see the whole thing...i even search online where i can see it even pbs and nothing...
staraction 2 years ago
hey i have question for you...
i'm 23 years old since last 5 years i had accident(i was cleaning wax from my Left ear & now i have tinnitus in my left earn because of Cleaning with hair pin)...
from my left ear i always have sound of tinnitus...will it damage my hearing completely??
Does tinnitus has any cure?
RizHail 2 years ago
As far as i understand, Tinnitus has no cure, there's ways to masked the tinnitus sound with another sound or wear hearing aids to mask the Tinnitus but cure? No, There's two type of tinnitus...mild and chronic...mild is when you go to a concert and you have tinnitus which in a couple of weeks it will go away but chronic is when tinnitus is there forever! you gonna have to deal with it. which sucks.
staraction 2 years ago
If that's what you believe, then believe it. Doesn't bother me. :-)
AutismAuntie 3 years ago
it isnt about BELIEVE its about FACT PROVEN !
hoeyhemp 3 years ago
@AutismAuntie Um yeah, but not all vision impairments can be fully helped (or even partially helped) by surgery and/or glasses, and giving a child surgery for their eyesight when they cannot consent is wrong.
calistair1 3 months ago
parents want a baby to have CI?! it is not good idea, and let the kid growing up and whatever they want. when i see the baby, and i really feel bad, because later in life, will feel regret it.
BullyRonnie2006 3 years ago