Wired for sound: a journey into hearing

Beverly Biderman

Trifolium, Sep 1, 1998 - Biography & Autobiography - 242 pages

Beverly Biderman reached profound deafness as a teenager and lived in the world of near silence until 1993, when she was fitted with a controversial cochlear implant, the first effective artificial sensory organ ever developed. In Wired for Sound, she has written a deeply moving and personal account of her life before and after the implant. This story is a tale of both physical and emotional transcendence with universal appeal and interest.Voices of deaf people talking about their deafness are included, as well as a balanced exploration of the explosive issues surrounding the Deaf culture's opposition to cochlear implants.Wired for Sound is essential reading for anyone needing to make an informed choice about cochlear implants and for parents of deaf children, as well as teachers, doctors, therapists, and audiologists. Exhaustively researched, the book includes a detailed appendix with a comprehensive listing of international resources on deafness and cochlear implants, plus an annotated Recommended Reading list.

Contents

• Chapter Two Learning to Hear: 19
• Chapter Three Growing into Deafness: 41
• Chapter Four Deafness in the Family: 71

About the author

Beverly Biderman has had a progressive hearing loss all her life. It became profound by the time she reached her early teens, and from that point on, she was completely unable to understand speech without lipreading. Beverly is active in Cochlear Implant Club International, and is the founding president of the Ontario Cochlear Implant Club. A frequent speaker on the subject of deafness and cochlear implants, she received a cochlear implant in 1993.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Wired for sound: a journey into hearing
• Author: Beverly Biderman
• Edition: illustrated, annotated
• Publisher: Trifolium, 1998
• Original from: Pennsylvania State University
• Digitized: Jul 1, 2011
• ISBN: 1895579325, 9781895579321
• Length: 242 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Cochlear implants; Deaf; Deaf Canada Biography; Deaf/ Canada/ Biography; Health & Fitness / General; Health & Fitness / Hearing & Speech; Health & Fitness / Physical Impairments; Medical / Audiology & Speech Pathology; Medical / Otorhinolaryngology; Music / Recording & Reproduction