This review article examines how different types of communication technologies, from the
specialized medical to generic social devices, influence belonging and sociality among deaf …

The senses are made, not given. This revolutionary realization has come as of late to inform
research across the social sciences and humanities, and is currently inspiring …

Revealing inequalities and sensory hierarchies embedded in the latest medical
technologies and global biotechnical markets What happens when cochlear implants …

How many senses are there, really? Do the senses have a history? What makes smell'the
affective sense'par excellence? Are the senses so many independent channels, or do they …

In this article, we travel back to the early days of experimental use of cochlear implants (CIs)
in the 1970s, when unsettled expectations of the device and broad investigations of its …

This paper develops the concept of “indexical deprivation” from the experiences of English
learning in relation to cochlear implant use among Taiwanese deaf adults. Based on the …

Résumé This white paper is the result of a two-day workshop bringing together scholars with
disciplinary expertise in anthropology, audiology, English literature, history, psychology, and …

Background and aims: Given the importance of reducing barriers hindering the
empowerment of mothers from contributing to the rehabilitation of hearing-impaired children …