https://youtu.be/dcOAB8y9Z9I

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/world/europe/europe-disabled-women-sterilization.html?smid=url-share

Aimee Mullins TED Talk: My Twelve Pairs of Legs

I really like the sound effect the movie created. For example, the contrast between playing drums in a extremely noisy concert with sounds fading away and not being able to hear anything clearly. I'm really impressed by how the movie pays a lot of attention in creating realistic sound effect of people who are hard of hearing and the sounds recovered by putting on the cochlear implants. The movie creates the sound effect of not being able to hear anything clearly, instead of just simply make all the sounds muted. This gives the audience an opportunity to emphasizes (not entirely) and learn more about deaf people's situation. 

https://youtu.be/-sJakIkY0k4?feature=shared 

Oversll, I really enjoyed the movie. I found it interesting how the movie did not include captions for the signs until Rubin started to understand the signs also. Also, another minor detail I noticed was in the voice computer thing, it translated Deaf as deaf. I also enjoyed how the movie ended, and also I think it portrayed the cochlear really well.

I thought the film’s handling of cochlear implants was really interesting. Although the implants are almost presented by the doctor as a last resort, Ruben views them as a quick “fix” for his deafness. I think this is probably a common reaction for people who go deaf later in life, who have been taught to perceive deafness as abnormal and want to “reverse” their newfound condition. I found the scene where Ruben’s implants are activated very moving. His panic and confusion over the distorted nature of the implant’s sound and his realization that his original hearing would never come back was quite impactful. However, after watching that scene, I feel like Joe’s hard stance against cochlear implants was surprising.

I liked how deafness portrayed as only one factor in Ruben's life; while he was learning to cope with his Deafness, he also had to deal with financial, career, and relationship concerns; similarly, the portrayal of Ruben's journey being of accepting deafness as opposed to undoing it. I feel as though many movies and other works that have a theme of disability are often one-dimensional, and sometimes focus on "fixing" the disability as opposed to accepting it.