ろうの両親はなぜろうの子どもに人工内耳を利用させるのだろうか?

抄録

The first time in Germany that a child who was deaf was fitted with a cochlear implant was in 1988. In the course of that year, cochlear implants were increasingly requested by parents who were mostly people without hearing impairments, because over 90% of children who are deaf have parents without hearing impairments. Nowadays, cochlear implantation is a widely recognized and accepted method of treatment. The situation has been different, however, for of parents who themselves are deaf. Bonded by the Deaf community and culture, the Deaf can communicate with their children from the start via sign language. Nevertheless, more and more Deaf parents are opting for a cochlear implant for their children who are deaf. Background for this decision, based on data from interviews with Deaf parents, is described in this paper.