With Respect to Cochlear Implants, Members of the Deaf Community

question 252

Multiple Choice

With respect to cochlear implants, members of the deaf community are LEAST likely to argue that:

• A)the implants might threaten the vitality of deaf culture.
• B)the implants might prevent the integration of deaf individuals into mainstream hearing culture.
• C)the implants might reduce the number of deaf people who learn sign language.
• D)deafness is a difference, not a disability that needs to be fixed.

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Definitions:

Limiting Resource

An environmental resource that because it is scarce or unfavorable tends to restrict the ecological niche of an organism.

Genetic Mutations

Permanent alterations in the DNA sequence that makes up a gene, leading to variations in the phenotype of an organism, which can be beneficial, neutral, or harmful.

Precipitation

Any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Glucose

A simple sugar and an important energy source in living organisms, also one of the main products of photosynthesis.