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The renowned neurologist and bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat takes us on a journey into the world of deaf culture, and the underpinnings of the remarkable visual language of the congenitally deaf.
"This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought.... One of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
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"This book will shake your preconceptions about the deaf, about language and about thought.... One of the finest and most thoughtful writers of our time." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
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The heartbreaking memoir of a prominent scholar's long journey to put the pieces of his fractured life together. In 1989, Oxnam, successful China scholar and president of the Asia Society, faced up to what he thought was his biggest personal challenge: alcoholism. But this dependency masked a problem far more serious: multiple personality disorder. At the peak of his professional career, Oxnam was haunted by periodic blackouts and episodic rages....
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If you are a BING-O fan, then you will enjoy playing SIGN-O. This game is an entertaining way to learn American Sign Language or just have fun using the signs you already know. It's played with a single category of words from topics like animals, clothing, colors, feelings, food, etc or with all of the over 3,000 signs included on the project. The format is very easy: when a sign video appears, the player clicks on the English word on the gameboard...
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The tape is set up in eight different categories called bands. Topics covered include an introduction to various loudness levels, different frequency levels and items presented through filters. An unfair hearing test is given with speech passes through different filters and at different frequencies. Also discussed are how hearing aids can help, some difficult listening situations, how to make yourself more easily understood and how to select a...
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