KERA's Think

From the archives: What the world demands of deaf people


Listen Later

When Jaipreet Virdi was a child, illness left her with severe hearing loss – leaving her in limbo between the deaf community and those who had no trouble hearing. She’s now an assistant history professor at the University of Delaware, and she joins host Krys Boyd to talk about her research into medicine’s long legacy of promised hearing cures and why science has yet to achieve a universal solution. Her book is called “Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History.”
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

KERA's ThinkBy KERA

  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7
  • 4.7

4.7

871 ratings


More shows like KERA's Think

View all
Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,097 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,116 Listeners

On Point | Podcast by WBUR

On Point | Podcast

3,894 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,909 Listeners

Diane Rehm: On My Mind by WAMU 88.5

Diane Rehm: On My Mind

2,238 Listeners

Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,148 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,254 Listeners

Here & Now Anytime by WBUR

Here & Now Anytime

1,018 Listeners

To The Best Of Our Knowledge by Wisconsin Public Radio

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

926 Listeners

TED Radio Hour by NPR

TED Radio Hour

22,057 Listeners

The Pulse by WHYY

The Pulse

324 Listeners

Texas Standard by Texas Standard

Texas Standard

247 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,396 Listeners

1A by NPR

1A

4,601 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

15,949 Listeners