03699cam a2200385 i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000230008804000230011104200080013405000220014208200240016408400450018810000360023324500820026924600480035126400580039930000440045733600210050133700250052233800230054749000200057050400510059050505560064152017690119765000550296665000410302165000510306265000390311365000560315265000520320865000530326018878556OSt20191202154736.0151202s2016    mnua     b    001 0 eng    a  2015031932  a9780816697250 (pb)  aDLCbengcDLCerda  apcc00aHV2391b.M38 201600a618.920 978 MAU223  aSOC029000aSCI075000aMED0070002bisacsh1 aMauldin, Laura,d1977-eauthor.10aMade to hear :bCochlear implants and raising deaf children /cLaura Mauldin.30aCochlear implants and raising deaf children 1aMinneapolis :bUniversity of Minnesota Press,c[2016]  axi, 215 pages :billustrations ;c22 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier0 aA Quadrant Book  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aMachine generated contents note: Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Medicalization, Deaf Children, and Cochlear Implants -- 1. A Diagnosis of Deafness: How Mothers Experience Newborn Hearing Screening -- 2. Early Intervention: Turning Parents into Trainers -- 3. Candidates for Implantation: Class, Cultural Background, and Compliance -- 4. The Neural Project: The Role of the Brain -- 5. Sound in School: Linking the School and the Clinic -- Conclusion: The Power and Limits of Technology -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.  a"A mother whose child has had a cochlear implant tells Laura Mauldin why enrollment in the sign language program at her daughter's school is plummeting: "The majority of parents want their kids to talk." Some parents, however, feel very differently, because "curing" deafness with cochlear implants is uncertain, difficult, and freighted with judgment about what is normal, acceptable, and right. Made to Hear sensitively and thoroughly considers the structure and culture of the systems we have built to make deaf children hear.Based on accounts of and interviews with families who adopt the cochlear implant for their deaf children, this book describes the experiences of mothers as they navigate the health care system, their interactions with the professionals who work with them, and the influence of neuroscience on the process. Though Mauldin explains the politics surrounding the issue, her focus is not on the controversy of whether to have a cochlear implant but on the long-term, multiyear undertaking of implantation. Her study provides a nuanced view of a social context in which science, technology, and medicine are trusted to vanquish disability--and in which mothers are expected to use these tools. Made to Hear reveals that implantation has the central goal of controlling the development of the deaf child's brain by boosting synapses for spoken language and inhibiting those for sign language, placing the politics of neuroscience front and center.Examining the consequences of cochlear implant technology for professionals and parents of deaf children, Made to Hear shows how certain neuroscientific claims about neuroplasticity, deafness, and language are deployed to encourage compliance with medical technology. "--cProvided by publisher. 0aHearing impaired childrenxMeans of communication. 0aDeaf childrenxFamily relationships. 0aHearing disorders in childrenxRehabilitation. 0aCochlear implantsxSocial aspects. 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities.2bisacsh 7aSCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects.2bisacsh 7aMEDICAL / Audiology & Speech Pathology.2bisacsh