When the Mind Hears


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The authoritative statement on the deaf, their education, and their struggle against prejudice.




A Journey Into the Deaf-world


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Experience life as it is in the U.S. for those who cannot hear.




The Deaf House


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Joanne Weber uses a fable of a heroic quest to tell the story of her struggle as a deaf person to uncover her true self. Combining the narrative tools of a novelist with those of a documentarian, Weber effectively provides the reader with rare insight and profound truths about the lives of the deaf.




The Deaf Way


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Selected papers from the conference held in Washington DC, July 9-14, 1989.




Cultural and Language Diversity and the Deaf Experience


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This edited book presents an detailed analysis of the experience of deaf people as a bilingual-bicultural minority group in America. An overview of mainstream research on bilingualism and biculturalism is followed by specific research and conceptual analyses which examine the impact of cultural and language diversity on the experiences of deaf people. The book ends with poignant personal reflections from deaf community members. The contributors include prominent deaf and hearing experts in bilingualism, ASL and Deaf culture, and deaf education.




The Blind and the Deaf, 1900


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Captioned Films for the Deaf


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The Deaf Community in America


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The deaf community in the West has endured radical changes in the past centuries. This work of history tracks the changes both in the education of and the social world of deaf people through the years. Topics include attitudes toward the deaf in Europe and America and the evolution of communication and language. Of particular interest is the way in which deafness has been increasingly humanized, rather than medicalized or pathologized, as it was in the past. Successful contributions to the deaf and non-deaf world by deaf individuals are also highlighted. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.







American Annals of the Deaf


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Beginning with Sept. 1955 issues, includes lists of doctors' dissertations and masters' theses on the education of the deaf.