Katherine Bouton

Katherine Bouton has had progressive bilateral hearing loss since 1978 (and who received a cochlear implant in 2009), is a former editor at The New York Times , where she was deputy editor of the Sunday magazine for 10 years; she also held senior editing positions on Science Times, the Sunday Book Review, and Culture. These days, her writing (often in The Times ) focuses on hearing loss and other disability issues. She is a frequent speaker at academic conferences on hearing loss and to hearing...See more

Katherine Bouton has had progressive bilateral hearing loss since 1978 (and who received a cochlear implant in 2009), is a former editor at The New York Times , where she was deputy editor of the Sunday magazine for 10 years; she also held senior editing positions on Science Times, the Sunday Book Review, and Culture. These days, her writing (often in The Times ) focuses on hearing loss and other disability issues. She is a frequent speaker at academic conferences on hearing loss and to hearing loss groups. Her blog "What I Hear" appears on the Psychology Today website; a second more personal blog, "Hear Better with Hearing Loss," appears on her home page. See less