Histories of cochlear implantation

The cochlear implant, an electronic device by means of which some totally deaf people can be provided with a form of hearing, has been increasingly used since the early 1980s. The mass media have typically presented it as an example of the remarkable success of modern technological medicine. In Fran...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 1999-11, Vol.49 (9), p.1257-1268
Main Author: Blume, Stuart S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Child development
Children
Cochlear Implantation - history
Cochlear Implantation - statistics & numerical data
Cochlear implants
Deaf history
Deaf people
Deafness
Deafness Deaf history Sign language Children Medical technology Health policy
Discrimination
Ears & hearing
Equipment Design
France
Health policy
Hearing
Historiography
History of medicine
History, 20th Century
Humans
Medical Laboratory Science
Medical research
Medical technology
Minority groups
Netherlands
Rejection
Sign language
Transplants & implants
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Summary:The cochlear implant, an electronic device by means of which some totally deaf people can be provided with a form of hearing, has been increasingly used since the early 1980s. The mass media have typically presented it as an example of the remarkable success of modern technological medicine. In France and the Netherlands, the countries on which this paper focuses, as in many others, deaf communities have rejected the technology. They have protested at its use with deaf children in particular. Rather than locating it in a history of medical progress, they have located it within a history of their own oppression. Each historical rendering is used to try to influence policy. The contest, however, is an unequal one.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00164-1