Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History

by Jaipreet Virdi

Book Overview

Weaving together lyrical history and personal memoir, Virdi powerfully examines society's--and her own--perception of life as a deaf person in America.

At the age of four, Jaipreet Virdi's world went silent. A severe case of meningitis left her alive but deaf, suddenly treated differently by everyone. Her deafness downplayed by society and doctors, she struggled to "pass" as hearing for most of her life. Countless cures, treatments,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022669061X
• ISBN13: 9780226690612
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.2"