First, in True Biz, by Sarah Novic, the cochlear implant scenario shows the publics chock hold on the deaf community is so strong, that even people with good intentions (your parents) can be convinced that it is important to perpetuate the idea that “different” people must adapt to the established norm. From the beginning, Sarah Novic establishes the cochlear implant, a hyperbolic example of adapting, as a pain in the arm and perhaps danger to Charlie. Yet, Charlie and her parents are in denial, just like Austin’s family, who the reader later learns are also grappling with existential pressure to get a cochlear implant. The propaganda (public hold) all starts with the notion “The Cochlear implant is designed to help”, but the precedent it sets
