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Virgil feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia is deaf, smart, and loves everything about nature. Kaori is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so that he can concentrate on basketball. They aren't friends. But when Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well, Kaori, Gen, and...
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"Matt (Christopher B. Corrigan) gets his brother, Drew (Alex Laferriere), along with their friends, together for a fun getaway camping trip. It is supposed to be a weekend of male-bonding, but everything isn't what it seems. Suddenly, they experience an apocalyptic event and are forced to focus on their own survival."--Container
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"From haunted Civil War battlefields to a severed ear discovered on a nightly run; from lab-grown dinosaurs to forest creatures that steal away children under the cover of night; from deadly bio-engineered fleas to a burning teenage desire for cybernetic amputations: Deaf and hard of hearing authors from around the world bring you this fun, though oftentimes disturbing, collection of short fiction."--
7) Raging bull
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Robert De Niro teams up with director Martin Scorsese to create one of cinema's eternal masterpieces. Nominated for eight Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director, this contemporary classic is "ambitious, violent, poetic and lyrical" (The New York Times). De Niro turns in a powerful, Best Actor Oscar®-winning performance as Jake La Motta, a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both...
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Hearing loss is the most common communication problem that one faces as they get older. The person with hearing loss suffers along with family members and friends who feel frustrated and angry because of their increased efforts to be heard and understood. This focuses on that issues and covers topics such as the causes of hearing loss, symptoms of sensorineural hearing loss, audiological evaluation, effective communication techniques, listening,...
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Provides information to help parents of children diagnosed with a partial hearing loss know what's ahead. Following two families in their search for answers, the tape discusses the feelings and expereinces of both the parents and the children; answers common questions parents ask when they first learn their child has a hearing loss; and provides guidance about working with audiologist and school personnel to meet the child's needs. It also shows...
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Over 14,000 Australian children and young adults under 21 years of age use a hearing aid or cochlear implant because they have a permanent or long term hearing loss. People who have a hearing loss may refer to themselves as deaf, hearing impaired or hard of hearing. They may communicate using speech, sign language or a combination of speech and sign. Children who have a hearing loss need specialist support in their early years and many require ongoing...
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Interviews with mothers of deaf children concerning their experiences with deafness and with Total Communication. One is the mother of a 14-year-old boy who became deaf at age five from spinal meningitis; the other is the mother of a seven-year-old boy who was born deaf. Both children are profoundly deaf. Also included: brief interviews with the sons to demonstrate their English and communication skills.
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(Producer) This program explains sound, hearing, hearing loss, and the relationship between listening to speech and different kinds of hearing loss. It includes realistic simulations of what speech sounds like with different kinds of hearing loss, and useful hints on improving communication.
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Provides basic information concerning evaluation of hearing impaired children to professionals unfamiliar with the implications of hearing impairment on the evaluation process. Delineates legal parameters which surround the evaluation of handicapped children as established in Public Law 94-142.
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Attempts to address the increased demand and need for ASL literature. These orignial stories, based ont he Deaf experience, are the first in a set to be produced. Ben Bahan's fable, "Birds of a Different Feather," explores the differences of a bird within a family of eagles. Rather than accepting the bird's differences, the eagle family tries to apply a pathological approach to raising the unusual bird. In Sam Supalla's, "For a Decent Living,"...
20) I can hear!
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Focuses on the auditory-verbal approach for developing speech and language in young children with severe to profound hearing losses. Families and their professionals share information, experiences, and support; and discuss the role of audiology and ongoing diagnostic therapy.
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