Cochlear Implants & the Mediated Classroom-Clinic: Communication Technologies and Co-operations Across Multiple Industries

Authors

  • Laura Mauldin The City University of New York

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v31i4.1713

Keywords:

deaf education, cochlear implant, technology, medicine, controversy

Abstract

Keywords

deaf education, cochlear implant, technology, medicine, controversy

Abstract

This article considers the ways in which cochlear implantation, as a form of mediated communication, is altering deaf education classrooms and programs. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, I use a case study of a "model program" to illustrate how one deaf education program integrates implant technology and the regimens of healthcare systems into day-to-day school life. Data show the constellation of multi-institutional co-operations in deaf educational programs that have occurred with the routinization of pediatric cochlear implants (CIs) and concurrent technological developments in assistive listening devices. In the analysis, I propose new questions that should be asked as this highly sophisticated iteration in the history of auditory training continues to grow.

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Published

2011-10-25

How to Cite

Mauldin, L. (2011). Cochlear Implants & the Mediated Classroom-Clinic: Communication Technologies and Co-operations Across Multiple Industries. Disability Studies Quarterly, 31(4). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v31i4.1713

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Section

Special Topic: Mediated Communication