deaf

Explains the condition of deafness, its possible causes, and how it affects the everyday lives of those who are dealing with it.

Discusses various forms and degrees of deafness, how it may be caused and how it can be treated, and how individuals cope with it.

Examines the fundamental differences between written and spoken English and American Sign Language, the first language for more than 250,000 deaf people in North America. Includes instructions for using sign language in playing games, reading poetry, and singing songs.

A biography, focusing on the childhood years, of the blind and deaf woman who overcame her handicaps with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.

Serena has a chance to join the popular crowd at her new school when her classmates discover her talent for lip reading, but the more secrets Serena uncovers, the more she begins feeling like a spy.

In the late 1940s, twelve-year-old Gussie, a minister's daughter, learns the definition of integrity while helping with a celebration at the Alabama School for the Deaf--her punishment for misdeeds against her deaf parents and their boarders.

In a small California town in 1951, twelve-year-old Paolo and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in a search for money missing from the church collection, leading them to complicated discoveries about themselves, other family members, and townspeople they thought they knew.

Contains an autobiography of Gina A. Oliva, a deaf woman who recounts her experiences in a public school and compares them with those of other deaf adults who attended public schools.

Traces the life of the hearing-impaired woman who became the first Miss America with a disability.

Suspicious of sixteen-year-old Marnie, a newcomer to their village, the residents accuse her of witchcraft when she discovers that the village madman is not crazy but deaf and she begins to communicate with him through hand gestures.