1. My chosen artifact is a cochlear implant.
2. My artifact is a small device that has two pieces, an external and internal piece. The internal piece connects the damaged nerve to the brain by using a wire to create “fake” hearing, while the external piece interprets the sound. An official definition is:
3. This device can be compared to a hearing aid, however there are some differences as well. First the obvious is they both aid hearing, however the “Profoundly Deaf” cannot benefit from a hearing aid. If a person has any hearing to begin with, a CI will damage that hearing, causing the person to become completely deaf, while a hearing aid will not damage any existing hearing. While the external piece of a hearing aid and a ci are removable, the internal piece of a ci is not.
4. A device to cure an illness of the world.
5. This device can be classifieds as two ways, by the Deaf , this piece of machine takes away who you are, by the deaf or hearing, a device that “fixes deafness”.
6. Deaf people can do anything but hear.
7. Again it depends who you are talking to, the Deaf would say that this device takes away your deaf culture and identity, while other people will say it fixes hearing. However, this device does not create “normal or perfect” hearing, but instead a very robotic hearing.
8. I guess the only Doctrine would be that if you are Deaf and get it then you really aren’t proud of your deaf identity.
9. A cochlear implant takes away a Deaf persons true “deaf” identity, while the implant does not actually make you hearing.