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...... Matlin was invited to deliver an Oscar at the following years Academy Awards ceremony. She signed the whole time, proudly using the primary language of the deaf community. However, Matlin then spoke out loud the names of the three nominees. Her speaking was perceived as a political faux pas by some parts of the deaf community: especially those who feel that deaf culture is best preserved, cultivated, and maintained by rejecting the mainstream cultures methods of communication. Sign language has become a politically charged issue in the deaf community: a means to create a cohesive social group. For the same reason that cochlear implants are viewed as controversial, speaking is occasionally viewed as selling out. Matlins move did not deter her, however. With moral support from Whoopie Goldberg, Matlin maintained her identity as a proud member of the deaf community while still being willing to express herself in whatever way she pleased
Matlin is married to a police officer and has four children. She still works as an actor and views herself not as a deaf person who happens to be an actor but the reverse: as an actor who happens to be deaf (Putz 2005). Her level of

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