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Making sense in sign : a lifeline for a deaf child /

Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. This work is an account by a woman of how her son contracted meningitis and of the deafness that resulted. It offers a discussion of the issues surrounding deafness from a parental viewpoint.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Froude, Jenny, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Clevedon [UK] ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, ©2003.
Subjects:
Froude, Thomas, > 1980-
Froude, Jenny, > 1939-
Deaf children > Great Britain > Biography.
Parents of deaf children > Great Britain > Biography.
Deaf people > Means of communication > Great Britain.
Electronic books.
autobiographies (literary genre)
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1853596302
9781853596308
1853596299
9781853596292
1853596280
9781853596285
9786610828159
6610828156
9781847695772
1847695779
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The time of crises
  • Deafness may result
  • Take my hands and let them move
  • Channels of communication
  • Good times
  • bad times
  • Coping and caring
  • Growing up
  • Sound or silence?
  • Staying strong
  • The big adventure
  • Language for life
  • Borneo and beyond
  • What is deaf?
  • Paths to understanding.

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