Debate - American Sign Language - Age of Consent for Cochlear Implants - Vermont March 2014

Debate - American Sign Language - Age of Consent for Cochlear Implants - Vermont March 2014 from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

This event brings understanding and idea exchange between previously separated groups. As a part of the celebration of Deaf Culture Month, the Lawrence Debate Union held a debate that was simultaneously in spoken English as well as American Sign Language. The debate was on standards for cochlear implants for the deaf.
March 19 at 6 PM in the lovely John Dewey Lounge in the Old Mill building.

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