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02656aam a2200373 i 4500 001 DAEF56B60ABD11EBB7464EC73DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201010010009 008 190913t20202020ilua e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019041405 020 $a 022669061X 020 $a 9780226690612 035 $a (OCoLC)1111973456 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d CGU $d UKMGB $d ERASA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d JAS $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a RF291 $b .V57 2020 060 4 $a WV 270 082 00 $a 362.4/2 $2 23 100 1 $a Virdi, Jaipreet, $e author. 245 10 $a Hearing happiness : $b deafness cures in history / $c Jaipreet Virdi. 246 30 $a Deafness cures in history 264 1 $a Chicago : $b The University of Chicago Press, $c 2020. 300 $a xiv, 331 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: cures of yesterday -- Improbable miracles -- Ear spectacles -- Electric wonders -- Fanciful fads -- Edge of silence -- Epilogue: beyond eyes of incredulity. 520 $a "In the mid-nineteenth century, deaf people were expected to overcome their hearing defects, to learn to mask their deafness through speech or speechreading, undergo various medical therapeutics, or make use of hearing aids. A variety of methods were used from burning caustics, blistering, hammering, and bloodletting to mercury, urine, oil of earthworm, and fat of eels. Ear trumpets and other prosthetics provided glimmers of hope, though in many instances, they were useless for pre-lingually deaf persons. But any cure was better than no cure. The message was so powerful that even as safer surgical procedures and newer technologies were devised, the message remained steadfast, inviting unscrupulous quacks to profit by promising hope. Hearing Happiness explores how, between the 1860s and 1960s, as American culture was obsessed with establishing conformity, the problem of deafness was perceived as nothing more than a problem of better living. The author's personal journey, narrated along the way, makes vivid this new and distinctive account of American deaf history, told through the lens of medical and technological "cures" before modern hearing aids and implants"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Deafness $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Deafness $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 2 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014114.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20201010010108.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DAEF56B60ABD11EBB7464EC73DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search