Eradicating deafness?

Eradicating deafness?
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 294
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ISBN-10 : 9781526138194
ISBN-13 : 1526138190
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Download or read book Eradicating deafness? written by Marion Andrea Schmidt and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did American geneticists go from fearing the dysgenic effects of deaf intermarriage to considering modern biotechnology a threat for Deaf culture? This book provides insight into changing ideas of what deafness is, what science and medicine should achieve, and to the transformative effect of exchange between scientists and deaf communities.


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