New beginnings
Subtitle: acquiring and living with a cochlear implant
By: edited by Michael Stinson and Gerard Buckley
Publisher: RIT Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781939125019
Subjects: Cochlear implants; Hearing aids; Deaf; Biography
Description: "Fifteen stories written by Deaf/hard of hearing individuals who have had cochlear implants are told within the context of unique histories that are intimate, personal and moving. Readers will gain insight into the personal struggles, challenges, and benefits for those who made the decision to get a cochlear implant. The writers share their process of the decision to obtain an implant as well as the delights and disappointments in hearing with one. Many of the book's contributors noted how their involvement in the Deaf community and Deaf culture influenced their perceptions of cochlear implants."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-28) and index.
Table of contents: title: Born Deaf, received cochlear implant as a youth: A positive experience / Sally Atkins; title: Here yesterday, hear now / Marissa Clopper / The cochlear implant reality / Kelly Kim; title: Became Deaf from meningitis as a child, received implant as an adult: The sound of water / Robert Menchel; title: Just call me Sharaine / Sharaine Rawlinson Roberts; title: Significant decline in hearing as a child, received implant as an adult: Here be dragons / Julianne Bonta; title: To the place where I belong / Gerard Buckley; title: What's it AWW about? / Kim Poutre; title: Better than ever: communicating with my cochlear implant / Michael Stinson; title: Significant decline in hearing as an adult, received implant as an adult: Sound to silence to sound / David Baldridge; title: A big difference / Tom Berg; title: Parent of toddler with an implant: Ethan and Rachel / Matthew and Erin Campion; title: Isabella's story / Heidi Northrup; title: Received implant after progressive decline in hearing and vision: Re-connecting / Patricia Lago-Avery; title: The salvation of an information person / Howard E. "Rocky" Stone