Abstract
The purpose of this book is to challenge people (service providers, people with a hearingdisability 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 designof hearing services is so historically marinated in ableist culture that service users often do notrealise 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.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | London, UK |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing Limited |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781472453211 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781472453204 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |