deaf

A biography of the blind and deaf woman who rose above her physical disabilities to international renown and who helped other handicapped persons live fuller lives.

Tired of interpreting for his deaf family and resentful of their reliance on him, high school senior Theo finds support and understanding from Ivy, a new student who also has a deaf parent.

A young girl recounts her experiences growing up as the hearing child of deaf parents.

John Singer, a deaf man in a Southern mill town in the 30's, becomes the pivotal figure in a strange circle of four other lonely individuals.

In search of a friend her own age, six-year-old Frannie meets Laura, who is deaf, and learns sign language from her.

A loving, newly married couple leave the school for the handicapped and find the hearing world an immense barrier. Four generations describe the family's struggles to survive.

Grania O'Neill, a young deaf woman in Canada, is sent to the Ontario School for the Deaf, where, protected from the hearing world and her overprotective parents, she learns sign language and falls in love with a hearing man, only to have him taken from her as World War I breaks out.

James Leeds, a speech therapist on the faculty of a school for the deaf, meets and marries Sarah, a young woman who has been totally deaf from birth, but even though they try to understand each other's needs and feelings, the gap between the worlds of sound and silence seems to grow ever larger.

Discusses ethical concerns for practitioners working with deaf people with mental health problems, covering such topics as the law, minority populations, hard-of-hearing older adults, children and their families, interpreters, genetic counseling and deafness testing, and research involving deaf people.

A collection of humorous anecdotes that provide insight into the deaf community and its culture, and shows how deafness affects a person's attitude and outlook on the world.