Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Walker, Lou Ann | Gabler, Neal | Heideman Baker, Odette.
Date
2013-12-01
Keywords
cochlear implants, memoir | Literature
Department
Department of Creative Writing and Literature.
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/77378
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
Fifty years ago, cochlear implants were an idea. Today they define the auditory reality of hundreds of thousands of people. This memoir explores my experience as a pre-lingual hearing impaired child who obtained bilateral cochlear implants in adulthood. | 232 pages
Recommended Citation
Scopaz, Valerie Marie, "When I Was Turned On: My Journey to Sound through Silence" (2013). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 3197.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/3197