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JOHNSON, Robert E.. Cultural constructs that impede discussions about variability in speech-based educational models for deaf children with cochlear implants. Perspectiva [online]. 2006, vol.24, n.03, pp.29-80. ISSN 0102-5473.

This paper identifies and discusses substantial variability in the product of cochlear implantation and in the outcomes of its requisite speech-based method of education. Current practices appear to be producing a population with great variation in hearing ability and in functional spoken language use - one that is not unlike the historical non-implanted population. It is proposed that many of the conclusions that support the application of speech-based treatments for implanted children rest on philosophical principles that are supported by fallacious argumentation - that they resemble systems of belief and practice that encourage the denial of observable facts. To the extent that such variability in the community is demonstrated, it is inappropriate to offer only one educational and linguistic option, especially when it cannot be shown that that option has been successful for a substantial proportion of the children. The paper ends with a call for the opponents in the classical debate on speech based vs. sign language-based methodologies to defuse their polar philosophical positions and begin a discussion of ways to provide the greatest levels of literacy and social competency for the largest number of deaf children.

Palavras-chave : Speech; Research and Education; Deaf Children Education; Cochlear Implants.

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