Made to Hear

Download or read book Made to Hear written by Laura Mauldin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. This work sensitively and thoroughly considers the structure and culture of the systems we have built to make deaf children hear.