Deaf Lives
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Chattering: Stories This is the compelling debut work from sees a series of stories peopled with brave young girls, out to party, travelling the world, going a little bit wild. The one thing that marks them out from their peers is that they have grown up deaf..........
£10.99
Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness in Martha’s Vineyard Beautiful and fascinating...I was so moved by Groce's book that the moment I finished it I jumped in the car, with only a toothbrush, a tape recorder, and a camera - I had to see this enchanted island for myself. -- Oliver Sacks "New York Review of Books"
£17.95
My Island: The True Story of a Silent Challenge This is a profoundly moving book. It tells the story of Hamish Rosie, from the Orkney Islands, left deaf by meningitis. At the age of 4 he was sent to a special school in Aberdeen so that he could ‘learn to speak’.
£15.99
My Sense of Silence: Memoirs of a Childhood with Deafness Lennard J. Davis grew up as the hearing child of deaf parents. In this candid, affecting, and often funny memoir, he recalls the joys and confusions of this special world, especially his complex and sometimes difficult relationships with his working-class Jewish immigrant parents.
£14.99
The Talking Deaf Man Amman (1669-1724) was a Swiss physician and teacher of 'non-verbal deaf persons'. After graduating at Basel in 1687 he began to practise at Amsterdam, where he gained a great reputation. He was one of the earliest writers on the instruction of the non-verbal deaf...
£6.99
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