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WATCH: In Conversation with Katie Booth

Posted on May 28, 2021 by Jai Virdi

Watch Jai and Katie Booth discuss the history of deafness, sign language, and Alexander Graham Bell's legacy.

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Richard B. Davis History of Medicine Lectureship, McGoogan Health Sciences Library, University of Nebraska

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Heberden Society Lecture, Weill Cornell Medicine

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“The most striking thing about Jaipreet Virdi’s book is how it confirms that hearing loss isn’t a minor annoyance that afflicts a few people. Rather, with tremendous archival work, she shows us that, over the past three centuries, Anglo-American culture has been virtually obsessed with trying to cure deafness.” Lennard Davis, Times Higher Education

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