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"This book is tender, funny, surprising, and disruptive. You'll be a fly on the wall in a Deaf classroom in a public school, watching a Deaf teacher struggle with staff, administration, and aides who sabotage the teachers at every turn. You'll also see the children struggle with a principal who removes their textbooks, a vindictive, power-hungry speech therapist, and a system that leaves them defenseless against it. You'll also meet a language-hungry...
63) St. Nacho's
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"Cooper Wyatt has silenced his guilt for three years. A violin prodigy thrown out of Juilliard and implicated in a tragic car accident, the troubled musician struggles to find a new home. But when he arrives in a sleepy California seaside town and meets a deaf busboy who makes his heart sing, he hits the ultimate emotional crossroads. Shawn Fielding doesn't let his hearing problems stop him from living life to the fullest. Though he may be shy, he...
69) Echoes of Jerry
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"Echoes of Jerry is the story of two outsiders in a family -- one a deaf man, the other a shy gay boy -- and the silent bond that grew between them. The memoir turns on the deaf man's death -- and the impact of that death on the boy/man, who begins a journey that winds through the Deaf and gay communities and ultimately leads to the discovery of the author's own voice as a writer and storyteller, one that his uncle would never hear."--
70) Harry can hear
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"Everyone assumes Harry can't listen like he's supposed to, so it's no surprise that he doesn't respond during the hearing test at school. However, the test reveals it's not that Harry isn't listening, it's that he has trouble hearing. Harry has missed out on so much, but there is hope. Once Harry is fitted with hearing aids, he discovers the joy of all he had been missing out on."--
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"Sign languages are non-written languages. Hence, the life stories of elderly Deaf signers (i.e., signers born in the 1930s and 1940s) are under serious threat of being lost. This volume constitutes the first effort to document some of these unique stories, both positive and negative ones, thus contributing to the preservation of the cultural and linguistic heritage of Deaf communities."--Back cover.
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"After a tragic accident leaves Noah Baker deaf, he has the chance to regain some of his hearing with a cochlear implant. Upon activation, however, he finds out he's able to hear a whole lot more than just sound waves -- he's able to hear the thoughts of others. Now Noah has a secret power to deal with on top of everything else in his life! When the government finds out, they attempt to recruit Noah for a top-secret mission. Will he and his snarky...
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"Victor Abbou is an invaluable witness to the period in France which is called the Deaf Awakening. His story is a treasure trove of archival material of that period, as he was one of the trailblazers in so many fields: actor, activist, trainer and teacher of future interpreters studying at the university. In doing all of this, he created bridges between two worlds, the world of the deaf and the world of the hearing, which were in close proximity but...
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What makes Mary so marvelous? She can speak with her hands and her voice, and listen with her eyes and with tiny computers hidden inside her head. This picture book helps introduce children to Deafness and the process of getting cochlear implants. It emphasizes Mary's love for sign language and Deaf culture, and how her surgery was a way of gaining greater access to the world. The book helps familiarize siblings or classmates with Deafness, and includes...
75) Nowhere to hide
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"The winter hike is meant to bring their nature group together. Emily, the sister who never lets her hearing loss hold her back. Lauren, the sister who always feels a step behind. Morna, who doesn't get on with Lauren. Ben, whose feelings for Emily border on obsession. Dan, the quiet newcomer to the group. Kai, who isn't just on the hike to enjoy wildlife. And Alec, the one who knows all their secrets. As the sun sets, a gunshot rings out on the nature...
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"Jordan Fenlon and Julie A. Hochgesang present a revolutionary contribution to the field of signed language linguistics with Signed Language Corpora, the first volume to provide a comprehensive overview of the creation, development, and use of signed language corpora. This work will advance discussions on corpus linguistics as a methodology and its place in signed language linguistics research. The ability to search corpora to obtain information about...
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"This book attempts to fill the gap in educational resources for teaching immigrant, multilingual, and multicultural deaf students in all learning institutions across the world by offering contributed chapters on knowledge, skills, and dispositions for teaching multicultural, multilingual, immigrant D/HH students globally."--
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Using a mixture of prose and poetry, Angie C. Orlando shares indelible stories about growing up in a small Ohioan town, complete with posing for family pictures, watching high school football games, and playing saxophone in a marching band. Yet she is equally funny and unflinchingly honest about how classmates, medical professionals, and others have viewed her multiple disabilities, all of which had gradually become apparent over time. Through it...
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