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Making sense in sign : a lifeline for a deaf child /
Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. This work is an account by a woman of how her son contracted meningitis and of the deafness that resulted. It offers a discussion of the issues surrounding deafness from a parental viewpoint.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Clevedon [UK] ; Buffalo :
Multilingual Matters,
©2003.
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| Series: | Parents' and teachers' guides ;
no. 6. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The time of crises
- Deafness may result
- Take my hands and let them move
- Channels of communication
- Good times
- bad times
- Coping and caring
- Growing up
- Sound or silence?
- Staying strong
- The big adventure
- Language for life
- Borneo and beyond
- What is deaf?
- Paths to understanding.