Hayhoe, Simon (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: Halder, Santoshi and Czop Assaf, Lori, (eds.) Inclusion, Disability and Culture: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges. Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity (3). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, London, UK, pp. 77-88. ISBN 9783319552231
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This chapter examines my experience of late deafness – becoming impaired, being diagnosed as such and then living with this new identity. 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. The chapter concludes that impairment is subjective and should be considered so. It also concludes that context and form of impairment should be considered when understanding disability.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2018 Springer |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2018 15:06 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 01:40 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/90338 |
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