Lecture on Cochlear Implants and Communication Norms for Deaf Jordanians

Lecture | Lecture on Cochlear Implants and Communication Norms for Deaf Jordanians

Drawing on extended ethnographic research at an Amman hospital, Princeton scholar Timothy Loh investigates how cochlear implant treatments for Jordanian deaf youth prioritize spoken language. He explores how this speech-centric model stems from local linguistic ideologies while overlooking broader multimodal communication methods.

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