When Gucci make hearing aids, I’ll be deaf: Sensory impairment in later life and a need to define it according to identity

Simon Hayhoe

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8_6

When Gucci make hearing aids, I’ll be deaf: Sensory impairment in later life and a need to define it according to identity

Simon Hayhoe

Department of Education

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Abstract

This chapter examines my experience of late hearing impaired – becoming hearing impaired, being diagnosed as such and then living with this new impairment. The analysis considers this experience of impairment from the point of view of subjective and objective disability. I argue that I am currently less impaired now that I have been diagnosed as being hearing impaired than I was when I was not considered to be hearing impaired. The chapter concludes that impairment is subjective, and should be considered so. It also concludes that context and age of impairment should be considered when understanding disability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Inclusion, Disability and Culture
Subtitle of host publication	An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges
Editors	S Holder, L Assaf
Place of Publication	New York, U. S. A.
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	77-88
Number of pages	11
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-55224-8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-55223-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8_6
Publication status	Published - 10 May 2017

Publication series

Name	Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity
Publisher	Springer
Volume	3

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

deafness
hearing impairment
Culture
hearing aid
Impairment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Social Sciences

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Hayhoe, S. (2017). When Gucci make hearing aids, I’ll be deaf: Sensory impairment in later life and a need to define it according to identity. In S. Holder, & L. Assaf (Eds.), Inclusion, Disability and Culture: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges (Vol. 1, pp. 77-88). Article 17 (Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity; Vol. 3). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8_6

When Gucci make hearing aids, I’ll be deaf: Sensory impairment in later life and a need to define it according to identity. / Hayhoe, Simon.
Inclusion, Disability and Culture: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges. ed. / S Holder; L Assaf . Vol. 1 New York, U. S. A.: Springer Nature, 2017. p. 77-88 17 (Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity; Vol. 3).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter

Hayhoe, S 2017, When Gucci make hearing aids, I’ll be deaf: Sensory impairment in later life and a need to define it according to identity. in S Holder & L Assaf (eds), Inclusion, Disability and Culture: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges. vol. 1, 17, Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity, vol. 3, Springer Nature, New York, U. S. A., pp. 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8_6

Hayhoe S. When Gucci make hearing aids, I’ll be deaf: Sensory impairment in later life and a need to define it according to identity. In Holder S, Assaf L, editors, Inclusion, Disability and Culture: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges. Vol. 1. New York, U. S. A.: Springer Nature. 2017. p. 77-88. 17. (Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8_6

Hayhoe, Simon. / When Gucci make hearing aids, I’ll be deaf : Sensory impairment in later life and a need to define it according to identity. Inclusion, Disability and Culture: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges. editor / S Holder ; L Assaf . Vol. 1 New York, U. S. A. : Springer Nature, 2017. pp. 77-88 (Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity).

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When Gucci make hearing aids, I’ll be deaf: Sensory impairment in later life and a need to define it according to identity

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