Deaf or deaf? Questioning alleged antinomies in the bioethical discourses on cochlear implantation and suggesting an alternative approach to d/Deafness

Patrick Kermit

doi:10.1080/15017410902830744

Deaf or deaf? Questioning alleged antinomies in the bioethical discourses on cochlear implantation and suggesting an alternative approach to d/Deafness

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 11 (2009): Issue 2

By: Patrick Kermit

Open Access

|Jul 2009

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