The Evolving Debate over Cochlear Implants
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
Peter Artinian, featured in the documentary Sound and Fury; deaf father of Heather Artinian
Heather Artinian, featured in the documentary Sound and Fury; received cochlear implant at age 9
Michael 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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