We have agreed to provide within the journal a list of completed theses in the field of Disability Studies. This will be an important resource for readers to follow through as well as provide the names of colleagues who are new entrants to the discipline.
This is an open invitation starting with theses completed from 2000. We would like the following information:
The name of the author;
The title of the thesis;
The university awarding the degree (please state degree awarded and year)
A 100 word synopsis of the thesis;
An email contact number.
Please forward these to Helen Oliver, School of Education, University of Sheffield, 388 Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JA.
Email: [email protected]
We will include this call for the above information in forthcoming issues of the journal.
Looking forward to the responses.
Executive Editors
Name of author: Laura Snell
Thesis title: The cochlear implant journey: an exploration of the lived experiences of young adult cochlear implant users.
University awarding degree: Lancaster University, UK, (PhD 2013)
This qualitative study focussed on the lived experiences of 16 young adult cochlear implant users, aged 19 – 30 years old. The findings provide an insight into the young adults’ experiences at this stage of their implant journey and demonstrate that cochlear implant technology does not necessarily destroy or limit identities, or restrict opportunities. Instead, for the young adult users in this study, boundaries are blurred as the cochlear implant is embodied in multifarious ways and provides a means of fluidly negotiating the deaf and hearing worlds, whilst still being deaf. Email: [email protected]