hearing impaired

Discusses the causes of deafness, the types of deafness that can be identified, the effects of deafness on people's lives, and the help that exists for the hearing impaired.

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.

Presents a story about Abby, a fifth-grade girl who is deaf, and the disappointment she feels when her entire class is invited to a party except for her; and provides information about deafness, discussing how people hear, the causes of hearing loss, and the challenges it poses.

After Andromeda Klein's tarot card readings prove to be accurate, she discovers clues to secret truths connected to her family and friends, but things become stranger when Andromeda's dead friend Daisy starts to harass her.

Angelina Neatolini's wish for a pet, denied by her family on the grounds that pets are too messy, is overheard by a hard-of-hearing ladybug, who fills their tidy new home with assorted pests.

Presents a description of what causes deafness, explaining what it is like to be deaf, and discusses such topics as lip-reading and sign language.

Hearing-impaired Mandy risks going out into the scary night, during an impending storm, to look for her beloved grandmother's lost pin.

Introduces readers to what hearing impairments are, how they affect people, and what they can do to be a good friend to someone living with a hearing impairment.

Learn about deafness and hearing impairments, including the causes and treatments, presented in a pro-con format from a variety of primary and secondary sources.

Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.