Cochlear Implants and Sign Language in Australia

Barnet, Belinda; McDonald, Rachael; Taffe, Simone; Kaufman, Jordy

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“…These mass systems, and their relationship with the now near-universal use in deaf babies of cochlear implant technology (e.g. see Johnston, 2006; Barnet et al. , 2020) provided systematic access to parent cohorts of newly diagnosed children as potential participants of research in ways that were not possible earlier.…”

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“…These mass systems, and their relationship with the now near-universal use in deaf babies of cochlear implant technology (e.g. see Johnston, 2006;Barnet et al, 2020) provided systematic access to parent cohorts of newly diagnosed children as potential participants of research in ways that were not possible earlier. The related body of research tends to be focussed on medical-clinical practices and thus is more normative and less interested in sociological and historical questions of context and subjectivity than we are.…”

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“…Understanding this experience is not only important in and of itself, but also for how it draws attention to factors and domains, including the non-human, that shape family strategy and experience, yet may otherwise be overlooked. (On the near universality of the cochlear implant see for example, Barnet et al, 2020. On the cultural, social and political implications of the implant's popularity with parents see, for example, Hyde and Power, 2000;Johnston, 2006. ) Late-20th and early-21st century changes in the nurture and education of deaf children coincided with changes in normative ideas and beliefs about "good" parenting.…”

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The hope and burden of early intervention: Parents' educational planning for their deaf children in post-1960s Australia

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PurposeThis article examines the educational decision-making of hearing parents for their deaf children born during a period (1970–1990s) before the introduction of new-born hearing screening in New South Wales, where the study was conducted, and prior to the now near-universal adoption of cochlear implants in Australia.Design/methodology/approachWe present findings from an oral history study in which parents were invited to recall how they planned for the education of their deaf children.FindingsWe propose that these oral histories shed light on how the concept, early intervention – a child development principle that became axiomatic from about the 1960s – significantly shaped the conduct of parents of deaf children, constituting both hope and burden, and intensifying a focus on early decision-making. They also illustrate ways in which parenting was shaped by two key structural shifts, one, being the increasing enrolment of deaf children in mainstream rather than separate classrooms and the other being the transformation of deafness itself by developments in hearing assistance technology.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to a sociological/historical literature of “parenting for education” that almost entirely lacks deaf perspectives and a specialist literature of parental decision-making for deaf children that is almost entirely focussed on the post cochlear implant generation. The paper is distinctive in its treatment of the concept of “early intervention” as a historical phenomenon rather than a “common sense” truth, and proposes that parents of deaf children were at the leading edge of late-20th and early-21st century parenting intensification.

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The impact of language education policies on Irish sign language in Irish deaf education

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This article will explore the impact of various language education policies and their measures on Irish Sign Language (ISL) in Irish deaf education. The focus will be on how previous and current policy decisions regarding language education have affected the use and recognition of ISL as a legitimate language in the education system. The article will discuss both deaf schools and mainstream schools. The article will briefly provide an overview of ISL's history in Ireland, including its recognition as a language in 2017 by legislation (ISL Act 2017) and the current policies regarding its use in education. The impact of these policies on the development and use of ISL in deaf education will be concisely examined, including issues of access to education, teacher training, and curriculum development. Additionally, attitudes towards ISL will be briefly examined. The article will conclude with the ongoing challenges and opportunities for improving the status of ISL in Irish deaf education through policy reform and community advocacy.

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Cochlear Implants and Sign Language in Australia

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The hope and burden of early intervention: Parents' educational planning for their deaf children in post-1960s Australia

The hope and burden of early intervention: Parents' educational planning for their deaf children in post-1960s Australia

The impact of language education policies on Irish sign language in Irish deaf education

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