children, deaf

Teaches parents how to deal with their emotions on learning that their child is deaf or hard of hearing, and offers guidance on communication in the family and effective behavior management.

Text and photographs introduce two deaf sisters who are learning to lip-read and speak.

Discusses types of hearing losses and their causes, the effects of deafness on the individual, methods of learning speech and language, and alternative forms of communication.

Discusses the problems, frustrations, and anxieties encountered by the parents of a deaf child as they attempt to communicate with her and teach her to speak.

Follows the activities of a six-year-old Swedish girl as she attends a nursery school for the deaf.

Describes the special training and equipment used to help a deaf youngster talk, read, and write.

Text and photographs depict the life of Shane, a deaf child who goes to a regular school and enjoys normal activities with the help of sign language and a hearing aid.

Provides medical, audiological and educational information that will assist in identifying the educational approach best suited to the hard-of-hearing or deaf child.

Text and photographs describe the experiences of a ten-year-old deaf girl studying ballet at the Joffrey Ballet School.

A little girl with impaired hearing learns through various methods to use and understand speech.