He’s in the fourth grade now and attends therapy twice a month, mostly for motor skill issues, not an uncommon problem for some deaf people. He’s making A’s and B’s in a regular classroom and has very little abbreviation in his workload. And he’s the teacher’s pet. We were told he would probably behave badly because of frustration with his environment (being deaf in a class full of hearing children), but the inverse has been true. He has plenty of friends and is already girl-crazy. Nearly everyone who learns of his disability is stunned and bewildered by the talking, singing, wonderfully imaginative deaf child.

There’s an anime (japanimation) tv series and movie about this called Ghost in the Shell. A lot of it deals with the possible problem of someone outside the body being able to control the function of electronic devices within other people. Still, if I was blind or deaf I’d be the first in line to get artificial eyes or a cochlear implant. I take my senses for granted far more than I should, I don’t think I could operate without them.

On another note, has anyone heard about the blind man who taught himself to echolocate? Apparently he walked around clicking to himself and could report images. I have no idea if this is just a myth I heard somewhere or if it’s actually possible.”

yes this is true, he teaches classes to people and after about an hour they can manage their way around. he also takes rides on his mountain bike for fun, even though hes blind lol

I guess it wasn’t that far off at all.

except for the whole warp speed thingy.”

Jordy, right? I HATED episodes where his visor caused a whole series of errors. My friends and I would refer to them as “The Jordy Visor Episodes.”

At the rate technology is progressing, I bet it will be within most of our lifetimes when we’ll start to see the first artificial replacements that are superior to their human organic counterparts. Indeed, I can see how jobs like the military where performance is life or death will require the prosthetic replacements.