Summer's Story: Coming Of Age With The Cochlear Implant
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Browse Full-length Non-member Titles![Person reaches a hand towards a smiling young girl. A wire from her right ear is visible. Caption. She would now hear using her cochlear implant.](https://org-dcmp-staticassets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/posterimages/4387_1.jpg)
Summer Crider lost her hearing at age three and later received a cochlear implant at age six. Until age fifteen she was mainstreamed in a hearing world, but then she was exposed to the deaf community and entered Florida School for the Deaf and Blind. This is the story of a teenager's growing up in both hearing and deaf worlds.
Media Details
Runtime: 27 minutes 26 seconds
- Topic: Deaf Life, Health and Safety
- Subtopic: Cochlear Implants, Deaf - General
- Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
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- Release Year: 2002
- Producer/Distributor: Munroe Multimedia
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It was informative but concise. It was, as Summer had wanted, "a bridge between the deaf and hearing worlds".