Being hard of hearing has given him a deep understanding of the science and the culture of deafness. Though he is not deaf, Manor knows what it’s like.
“As someone who has hearing aids, I go back and forth between the two worlds — between deaf and hearing,” he said. “Because when I turn my hearing aids off, it’s over. I don’t hear you anymore. I kind of know what that’s like.”
That means a tumor developed on his auditory nerve. It was surgically removed, but by that time he had basically lost his hearing in his right ear. He remembers talking with the surgeon after the tumor was removed, and the doctor rustled his fingers next to the damaged ear. Manor, the father of four kids, said seeing a similar video moved him to tears. But he said some reactions to it on social media were very negative, including one who called it"cultural genocide." It’s a common term that suggests that efforts to “cure” deafness are undermining a community that has its own language and ways.Manor said that for deaf people, sign language, their culture and the community have been live savers.
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