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Study participants born unable to hear could locate sound sources, recognise speech and dance to music after treatment

Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03023-5

Archived version: https://archive.ph/LlaXZ

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Uh oh, a certain segment of the dead community is gonna be pissed about this

Edit: DEAF community lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Deaf. The dead community don't care

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

You asked them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That people have the choice to gain an extra sense that is used in so many situations? Yeah, so terrible, I know /s

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Within the deaf community there is a not insignificant group who do see treatments like these as an affront to their community. That there's no need for treatments because "there's nothing to fix/treat" and they have absolutely advocated that deaf children (especially born to deaf parents) should remain deaf.

To be clear, I'm absolutely in favor of these treatments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It's child abuse to keep a child deaf when you can make them hear. Forcing them to miss out on music, group activities, so much they would lose.