In Many Cases,cochlear Implants Have Not Enabled Deaf Children to Hear

question 114

Multiple Choice

In many cases,cochlear implants have not enabled deaf children to hear and understand,but have only confused them with new,unintelligible sounds.Given that implants are not very successful,deaf activists have criticized the medical practice of surgically inserting cochlear implants as:

• A) a neutral medical technology.
• B) multiculturalism on the part of the "hearing" culture.
• C) ethnocentrism on the part of the "hearing" culture.
• D) a form of cultural relativity.

Recognize the difference between sensation and perception and the psychological processes involved in interpreting sensory information.

Identify and describe the various cues that contribute to depth perception.

Explain the concepts of sensory adaptation, absolute threshold, and signal detection theory.

Understand the principles behind the perception of pain and the factors that influence pain perception.

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