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The Impact of Genetic Hearing Impairment
Dafydd Stephens
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Description for The Impact of Genetic Hearing Impairment
Paperback. Addresses the impact of genetic deafness/hearing impairment on people's lives and those around them. This book includes the perspectives of those who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as those working in the field. Editor(s): Stephens, Dafydd; Jones, Lesley. Num Pages: 340 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFG; MJCG1; MJPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 450.
This book addresses the impact of genetic deafness/hearing impairment on people' s lives and those around them. It includes the perspectives of those who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as those working in the field. Professional topics include genetic counselling, social science, psychology, social work and - within medicine - audiological and ENT medical and audiological paediatrics. These practitioners are both hearing and hearing impaired.
This book addresses the impact of genetic deafness/hearing impairment on people' s lives and those around them. It includes the perspectives of those who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as those working in the field. Professional topics include genetic counselling, social science, psychology, social work and - within medicine - audiological and ENT medical and audiological paediatrics. These practitioners are both hearing and hearing impaired.
The impact of deafness on children, those of working age and elderly people is discussed highlighting the specific effect of genetic factors. In particular there are chapters on deafblindness and otosclerosis ... Read more
This provides a bridge between the medical and social models of disability. Contributors write from both their professional and personal experience in order to try and address some of the issues raised by the real impact of genetic deafness on everyday life and how these can best be tackled by those working in the field.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781861564375
SKU
V9781861564375
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Ref
99-50
About Dafydd Stephens
Dafydd Stephens FRCP, is Honorary Professor of Audiological Medicine at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Sophia E. Kramer, PhD, is Senior Researcher and Psychologist at the Department of E.N.T. / Audiology / EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research at the VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Reviews for The Impact of Genetic Hearing Impairment
"...this thought-provoking book provides a comprehensive review of the literature..." (Bulletin, December 2005)