I’m a Tomato: Cochlear Implants and the Rise of Dual Deaf/Hearing Identities

• In Event: 380 - Section on Body and Embodiment Paper Session. Consumption and Embodiment: Intersections and Identities (co-sponsored with Section on Consumers and Consumption)

Abstract

In this paper I illustrate the impact of cochlear implant technologies on a persons' ability to identify as Deaf and/or Hearing. The paper investigates human-technology interactions and cultural understandings of Deafness.

Author

• Carly Ann Rush, Vanderbilt University