Day by day : the chronicles of a hard of hearing reporter /

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Gradually becoming deaf since elementary school, Thompson used her community newspaper column as a personal guide for readers on how to handle hearing loss, including getting a cochlear implant.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Thompson, Elizabeth, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2008.
Series:Deaf lives.
Subjects:
Thompson, Elizabeth, > 1951-
Deaf authors > United States > Biography.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Écrivains sourds > États-Unis > Biographies.
Journalistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Deaf authors
Journalists
United States
"Multi-User"
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Acknowledging Differences; I Can't Hear You When I Yawn; You Are One of Millions; Handling Insensitive Questions and Changing One's Attitude; What's Your Shoe Size?; Stories of Growing up Deaf in a Hearing Family; Marriage Vows Become a Reality; File It Away; Listening and Hearing; Enjoy the Ride; Employee/Employer Blues; Twisted Fingers; Mouth Wide Open; When Batteries Die; Worship "Normally"; Mickey Mouse Voices; Looking Both Ways; Suweet-suwee-suweet!; Appendix: Technical Description of Cochlear Implant Mapping.

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