Description |
xi, 156 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-156) |
Summary |
Deafened at the age of six, Claire Blatchford was educated orally with speech lessons, speechreading, and hearing aids. Though successful both professionally and domestically, at the age of 67 Blatchford decided to undergo a cochlear implantation. In this memoir, she describes in prose and verse living with a cochlear implant for the past three years. |
Subject |
Blatchford, Claire H. -- Health.
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Cochlear implants -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9781563686153 |
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1563686155 |
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