Here's a guy asking people on the street in Denver, Colorado if they know what a cochlear implant is. The answers they gave were surprising and funny, if not so sad. About 1 in 30 would get the answer correct. The video below demonstrates the need of educating the public and how woefully they do not know about the issues of deafness or hearing loss. The video makes a salient point, though not pointedly so, that we have a long way to go on educating the public about this number three condition in the United States.
Oooh, pish tosh! I know it was produced by Cochlear Americas. Just enjoy the video and realize the lack of knowledge people have out there regarding deafness, cochlear implant and everything else.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
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3 comments:
that's hilarious!
makes one wonder what the average Joe or Jane on the street would say about ASL, audism, or deafhood.
You would laugh if it wasn't for the fact so many really have no idea at all about deaf awareness or its issues. I'd like to think British are more widely aware but.... deaf awareness here doesn't work either. It seems to indicate if you have no hearing loss, then you take zero interest in it. This seems par for the course,if you are hearing why would you even look at a deaf site online ? I read yahoo answer for a laugh, and you get questions there like "How are deaf able to text ?" DOH !
Wondering which city that man on the street was...
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