There are few things more heartwarming than videos of children with deafness gaining the ability to hear, showing them happily turning their heads at the sound of their parents’ voices and joyfully bobbing to newly discovered music. Thanks to recent advances in gene therapy, more kids are getting those sweet and triumphant moments—with no hearing aids or cochlear implants needed.
What I have always found interesting is that deaf parents with deaf children sometimes don’t want to do anything about their child’s hearing even if it is possible to fix it. There is an actual culture of deaf people (at least in the U.S.) with their own traditions, and, of course, their own language. I could see it being a hard decision as a deaf parent.
Makes sense since historically, disabled people are treated as outsiders.
It would be really nice if ASL was taught in elementary schools.