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Is Deafness a Disability?: Designing Hearing Aids Beyond Functionality

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Patrizia Marti,

Annamaria RecuperoAuthors Info & Claims

C&C '19: Proceedings of the 2019 Conference on Creativity and Cognition

Pages 133 - 143

https://doi.org/10.1145/3325480.3325491

Published: 13 June 2019 Publication History

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The question whether deafness is a disability causes controversial and emotionally charged debates. The experience of hearing loss is different from the experience of being born deaf, as well as the need and willingness of using hearing aids. Following a medical model of disability, deafness has been traditionally viewed as a physical impairment. This paper points out highly debated issues related to the design of assistive technologies for people with hearing impairment. It illustrates the design case of a suite of smart jewels designed to address their emotional and socio-cultural needs beyond the functional goal of supporting hearing. The design case calls for a shift in the attitude toward disability - from a medical model which sees impairment as a personal deficiency to be "normalized", to a socio-cultural model which views disability as a socially constructed concept defined by the obstacles of a hearing-oriented world.

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