Comments on: Ignorance is Bliss…or is it? http://www.deafdc.com/blog/oscar-ocuto/2006-02-22/ignorance-is-blissor-is-it/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:14:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Tim http://www.deafdc.com/blog/oscar-ocuto/2006-02-22/ignorance-is-blissor-is-it/#comment-313 Tim Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:38:30 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/oscar-ocuto/2006-02-22/ignorance-is-blissor-is-it/#comment-313 Someone I know once called a cochlear implant a bionic ear. How does that make you feel? I wonder whether I should correct people who say that or just let it slide... Sometimes my hearing aid will hum very loudly when I pass theft deterrent detectors in front of stores and it drives me crazy. Someone I know once called a cochlear implant a bionic ear. How does that make you feel? I wonder whether I should correct people who say that or just let it slide…

Sometimes my hearing aid will hum very loudly when I pass theft deterrent detectors in front of stores and it drives me crazy.

]]> By: Adam http://www.deafdc.com/blog/oscar-ocuto/2006-02-22/ignorance-is-blissor-is-it/#comment-309 Adam Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:57:12 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/oscar-ocuto/2006-02-22/ignorance-is-blissor-is-it/#comment-309 All I can say is...when I hear weird noises in the office, I definitely get anxious. Turning off my implant makes me feel better. So...there's some truth to that! :-) All I can say is…when I hear weird noises in the office, I definitely get anxious.

Turning off my implant makes me feel better. So…there’s some truth to that! :-)

]]> By: Allison Kaftan http://www.deafdc.com/blog/oscar-ocuto/2006-02-22/ignorance-is-blissor-is-it/#comment-302 Allison Kaftan Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:20:08 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/oscar-ocuto/2006-02-22/ignorance-is-blissor-is-it/#comment-302 *simultaneously rolling eyes and smiling* At least the poster forgot to assume, like so many others do, that (some) deaf people are stupid too. *simultaneously rolling eyes and smiling*

At least the poster forgot to assume, like so many others do, that (some) deaf people are stupid too.

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