LAURA MAULDIN, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies & Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, UConn
Book Talk and Celebration UConn Book Store, Storrs Center Wednesday, October 11, 2017 5:30 pm, reception to follow ASL interpreters & CART provided
Made to Hear: Cochlear Implants and Raising Deaf Children by Laura Mauldin
The social consequences of the medicalization of deafness, as seen in the experiences of parents and professionals working with cochlear implants
Made to Hear sensitively and thoroughly considers the structure and culture of the systems we have built to make deaf children hear. Examining the consequences of cochlear implant technology for professionals and parents of deaf children, Laura Mauldin shows how certain neuroscientific claims about neuroplasticity, deafness, and language are deployed to encourage compliance with medical technology.
Event co-sponsored by the Human Development & Family Studies Department; Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program; and the Human Rights Institute.
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