hearing impaired

Illustrations and simple text tell a story about a boy named Jacob who profound hearing loss and how sign language, speech therapy, and a hearing aid have helped in school.

High school sophomore Andromeda, an outcast because she studies the occult and has a hearing impairment and other disabilities, overcomes grief over terrible losses by enlisting others' help in her plan to save library books--and finds a kindred spirit along the way.

"A collection of humor not only for the hard of hearing, but for those who don't think they are...and for their friends and families who know they are!"--back cover.

Contains alphabetically arranged articles that examine various facets of deafness and hearing disorders, covering the physiology of the ear; experts in the field; famous deaf people; groups and organizations; and other topics. Includes information on the causes and treatments of deafness and hearing disorders.

As her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her own path in life but working at the family business, taking care of her little sister, and dealing with her mother's impossible expectations are as stifling as the southern California heat, until she falls in love with a man who offers a way out.

Tamika, a fifteen-year-old hearing-impaired girl, Jimmi, an eighteen-year-old veteran who stopped taking his antipsychotic medication, and sixteen-year-old Fatima, an illegal immigrant from Africa, meet and connect in their Bronx, New York, neighborhood, with devastating results.

Scully winds up in trouble when she defies her mother and sneaks out of the house to play in the rain.

Lacey the family dog is jealous of the new baby that her human parents brought home, until she discovers that the baby cannot hear.

Beth, suffering from a hearing and balance disorder, first love, and a nasty new stepsister, Kari, is not looking forward to the family trip to Egypt, but her problems begin to fade in significance when she and Kari get caught up in a dangerous Egyptian mystery.

As her senior year in high school approaches, Mina yearns to find her own path in life, but working at the family business, taking care of her little sister, and dealing withher mother's impossible expectations are as stifling as the southern California heat until she falls in love with Ysrael, a young migrant worker with dreams of becoming a musician, who offers a way out.