The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw What is a Cochlear Implant and Why Does the Deaf Community Oppose It? A cochlear implant is an electronic device designed to provide useful hearing and improved communication ability to individuals who are profoundly deaf. For those with profound hearing loss, hearing aids provide …showed first 75 words of 2915 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2915 total…from it. The impact of the cochlear implant on the Deaf culture is significant, but their culture will not cease to exist because of it. The cochlear implant technology is still a very young technology that has many researchers improving on it daily. I do not believe the Deaf community has anything to fear from this technology as it exists now, but will the future of this technology endanger this culture? Only time will tell.