Genes, Hearing, and Deafness, 

Автор: Virdi Jaipreet
Название: Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History
ISBN: 022669061X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226690612
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Weaving together lyrical history and personal memoir, Virdi powerfully examines society's--and her own--perception of life as a deaf person in America.

At the age of four, Jaipreet Virdi's world went silent. A severe case of meningitis left her alive but deaf, suddenly treated differently by everyone. Her deafness downplayed by society and doctors, she struggled to "pass" as hearing for most of her life. Countless cures, treatments, and technologies led to dead ends. Never quite deaf enough for the Deaf community or quite hearing enough for the "normal" majority, Virdi was stuck in aural limbo for years. It wasn't until her thirties, exasperated by problems with new digital hearing aids, that she began to actively assert her deafness and reexamine society's--and her own--perception of life as a deaf person in America.

Through lyrical history and personal memoir, Hearing Happiness raises pivotal questions about deafness in American society and the endless quest for a cure. Taking us from the 1860s up to the present, Virdi combs archives and museums in order to understand the long history of curious cures: ear trumpets, violet ray apparatuses, vibrating massagers, electrotherapy machines, airplane diving, bloodletting, skull hammering, and many more. Hundreds of procedures and products have promised grand miracles but always failed to deliver a universal cure--a harmful legacy that is still present in contemporary biomedicine.

Weaving Virdi's own experiences together with her exploration into the fascinating history of deafness cures, Hearing Happiness is a powerful story that America needs to hear.

Автор: Douek Ellis
Название: Overcoming Deafness: The Story of Hearing and Language
ISBN: 1783264640 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783264643
Издательство: World Scientific Publishing
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Описание: Hearing is one of the most empowering of our senses; it enables us to work, socialise and communicate. It`s hard to imagine living in a silent world, yet just 60 years ago this was the inevitable outcome for the majority of people with ear disease or language problems. Nowadays, virtually everybody can be helped to some extent and many cured. But how did we get here? This book tells the fascinating story of science and medicine`s winning battle with deafness, covering all the hearing diseases and the progress of their treatment from the beginning of Ellis Douek`s career in the 1950s to the present day. Unlike other books on hearing, this covers language disorders as well as the surgery of deafness; it is a book about human communication, discussing music and poetry as well as delving into the medical science. In our ageing population, hearing disorders are increasingly a part of everyday life; that they are almost always treatable should not be taken for granted. This book should be the first reference for anyone who has experienced hearing loss and would like to know more about hearing and language development, and for professionals in hearing science, medicine and allied fields of interest.

Автор: Andrej Kral; Arthur N. Popper; Richard R. Fay
Название: Deafness
ISBN: 1461478391 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781461478393
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book considers deafness as a medical condition. It explores the neuronal consequences on the peripheral and the central nervous system as well as on cognition and learning.

Автор: Denmark, John
Название: Deafness and Mental Health
ISBN: 1853022128 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781853022128
Издательство: Jessica Kingsley
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Описание: This practical book, by one of the world`s leading psychiatrists in work with deaf people, outlines the nature of the different kinds of deafness and covers both clinical and service aspects of working with deaf people. It is written for professionals in the mental health field also for all those who work in contact with deaf children and adults.