| Hearing Impairment and Hearing Disability: Towards a Paradigm Change in Hearing Services Contributor(s): Hogan, Anthony (Author), Phillips, Rebecca (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367598663 ISBN-13: 9780367598662 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 362.42 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.65 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The purpose of this book is to challenge people (service providers, people with a hearing disability and those who advocate for them) to reconsider the way western society thinks about hearing disability and the way it seeks to 'include them'. It highlights the concern that the design of hearing services is so historically marinated in ableist culture that service users often do not realise they may be participating in their own oppression within a phono-centric society. With stigma and marginalisation being the two most critical issues impacting on people with hearing disability, Hogan and Phillips document both the collective and personal impacts of such marginality. In so doing, the book brings forward an argument for a paradigm shift in hearing services. Drawing upon the latest research and policy work, the book opens up a conceptual framework for a new approach to hearing services and looks at the kinds of personal and systemic changes a paradigm shift would entail. |
