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Alandra's lilacs /

The hearing mother of a deaf child recounts her experiences and provides advice for other parents in a similar situation. Author tells of her 25-year struggle through divorce, poverty, & intractable physicians & educators to raise Alandra her deaf daughter, & the bond she now has with he...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bowers, Tressa, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Reconciliation 1
  • 2 Homecoming 5
  • 3 The Race Begins 20
  • 4 The Sounds of Silence 27
  • 5 Total Communication 38
  • 6 Stuttering with My Hands 47
  • 7 Home Signs 53
  • 8 A Difficult Undertaking 61
  • 9 Our "Normal" Life 68
  • 10 Half Hearing and Half Deaf? 77
  • 11 Her Rightful Place 93
  • 12 Our Too Cool Daughter 104
  • 13 My Own Place in the Deaf World 116
  • 14 Enter Chad ... and Tyler 123
  • 15 I Finally Get to Hear Baby Talk 133
  • 16 A Normal Pair of Boys 139
  • 17 Smelling the Lilacs 148.