Making Sense in Sign: A Lifeline for a Deaf Child

Author: Jenny Froude

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9781853596308
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Multilingual Matters
Number of pages:
192
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219mm x 150mm
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Language which develops 'against all the odds' is very precious. Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. Confidence came via joyful and positive steps to communication from babyhood; a brush with epilepsy, a cochlear implant in his teens and life as an independent young adult followed.

This book is a letter of love and faith from a woman whose son's deafness at first overwhelmed then inspired her. It is a sensitive account of the ramifications of deafness for her son and his success in coping with it.

Professionals who work with deaf children should read this book and refer to it often. The arguments for the communication approach are clearly presented. But that aside, the insights into family life with a deaf child are invaluable.

Jenny Froude was a journalist on Woman's Weekly before retiring to have a longed-for family. New communication skills were needed when the youngest was deafened by meningitis at 5 months. The years that followed were a steep but lovely learning curve! She studied Signed English and worked as an SSA in a Senior Hearing Impairment Unit for four years.

Introduction 
Acknowledgements
1 The Time of Crisis
2 Deafness may Result 
3 Take My Hands and Let Them Move
4 Channels of Communication 
5 Good Times – Bad Times
6 Coping and Caring
7 Growing Up 
8 Sound or Silence? 
9 Staying Strong 
10 The Big Adventure 
11 Language for Life 
12 Borneo and Beyond 
13 What is Deaf?
14 Paths to Understanding 
Appendix 1: A Letter to a Deaf Son 'Yellow is a Lovely Word to See' 
Appendix 2: A Second Letter to a Deaf Son
Appendix 3: Some Useful Addresses
Appendix 4: Glossary
References 
Index 

 

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