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

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Abstract

This chapter examines my experience of late deafness – becoming deaf, being diagnosed as such and then living with this new impairment. The analysis considers this experience of impairment from the point of view 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 impairment should be considered when understanding impairment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Inclusion, Disability and Culture: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ISBN (Print)	9783319552248
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55224-8_6
Publication status	Published - 8 May 2017

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

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Deaf; blind; impairment; disability; inclusion; culture; epistemology; ontology

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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. / Hayhoe, Simon.
Inclusion, Disability and Culture: An Ethnographic Perspective Traversing Abilities and Challenges. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2017.

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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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