Disability and Social Representations Theory : The Case of Hearing Loss (Paperback)

List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Copyright declarations; Abbreviatiosns; Section I: Disabilities in our minds: Social Representations Theory and methods in context; 1. Representations of disabilities; 2. Introduction to the Social Representations Theory; Section II: Application of the Social Representations Theory in disability studies; 3. How to study social representations?; 4. Cross-culture research and social representations; Section III: Using social representations theory in understanding public perception of hearing loss and hearing aids; 5. Attitude towards hearing loss and hearing aids; 6. Social representation of hearing loss and hearing aids; 7. Representation of hearing loss and hearing aids in the United States newspapers; Section VI: Implications and future directions; 8. Advantages of Social Representations Theory and further directions; Index