TED英文演说-科技如何改变了聋人的生活中英文演讲稿.docx

第 第 PAGE 1 页 How technology has changed what its like to be deaf 00:10 My name is Rebecca, and Im a cyborg. 00:16 Specifically, I have 32 computer chips inside my head, which rebuild my sense of hearing. This is called a cochlear implant. You remember the Borg from Star Trek, those aliens who conquered and absorbed everything in sight? Well, thats me. 00:37 The good news is I come for your technology and not for your human life-forms. 00:44 Actually, Ive never seen an episode of Star Trek. 00:49 But theres a reason for that: television wasnt closed-captioned when I was a kid. I grew up profoundly deaf. I went to regular schools, and I had to lip-read. I didnt meet another deaf person until I was 20. Electronics were mostly audio back then. My alarm clock was my sister Barbara, who would set her alarm and then throw something at me to wake up. 01:15 My hearing aids were industrial-strength, sledgehammer volume, but they helped me more than they helped most people. With them, I could hear music and the sound of my own voice. Ive always liked the idea that technology can help make the world more human. I used to watch the stereo flash color when the music shifted, and I knew it was just a matter of time before my watch could show me sound, too. 01:45 Did you know that hearing occurs in the brain? In your ear is a small organ called the cochlea, and the cochlea is lined with thousands of receptors called hair cells. When sound enters your ear, those hair cells, they send electric signals to your brain, and your brain then interprets that as sound. Hair-cell damage is really common: noise exposure, ordinary aging, illness. My hair cells were damaged before I was even born. My mother was exposed to German measles when she was pregnant with me. About five percent of the world has significant hearing loss. By 2050, thats expected to double to over 900 million people, or one in 10. For seniors, its already one out of three. 02:40 With a cochlear implant, computer