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Titre :	Precarious Plasticity: Neuropolitics, Cochlear Implants, and the Redefinition of Deafness (2014)
in :	Science, Technology and Human Values
Auteurs :	Laura Mauldin
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Science, Technology and Human Values (vol. 39, n°1, janvier 2014)
Pagination :	pp.130-153
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Personne handicapée ; Enfant ; Implant phonatoire ; Pédiatrie ; Neurologie ; Aide technique
Résumé :	This article provides an ethnographic account of pediatric cochlear implantation, revealing an important shift in the definition of deafness from a sensory loss to a neurological processing problem. In clinical and long-term therapeutic practices involved in pediatric implantation, the cochlear implant (CI) is recast as a device that merely provides access to the brain. The "real" treatment emerges as long-term therapeutic endeavors focused on neurological training. This redefinition then ushers in an ensuing responsibility to "train the brain," subsequently displacing failure from the deviceonto the individual’s ability to train his or her brain (in pediatric implantation, this most often falls onto the mother). New caregiving techniques that accompany implantation are understood through neuropolitics, showing how parents are encouraged to engage in neuro-self-governance, and how the concept of neuroplasticity is used to cultural ends.
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