Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A superb account of how a controversial technology becomes normalized patient by patient. While following families from newborn screening to post-Cochlear implant, Laura Mauldin shows that little of the political turmoil related to this medical technology is salient for the parents faced with a child with hearing loss."—Stefan Timmermans, University of California, Los Angeles
"Dr Mauldin is a talented writer who offers keen insight in several areas where practitioners can improve."—Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Table of ContentsContents
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Introduction: Medicalization, Deaf Children, and Cochlear Implants
1. A Diagnosis of Deafness: How Mothers Experience Newborn Hearing Screening
2. Early Intervention: Turning Parents into Trainers
3. Candidates for Implantation: Class, Cultural Background, and Compliance
4. The Neural Project: The Role of the Brain
5. Sound in School: Linking the School and the Clinic
Conclusion: The Power and Limits of Technology
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
