| 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: 1472453204 ISBN-13: 9781472453204 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 362.42 |
| LCCN: 2015006525 |
| Series: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies |
| Physical Information: 168 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| 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. |