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When the Brain Can't Hear
Atria Books 2002; Not AvailableMillions of Americans have difficulty understanding spoken language. They're not deaf, autistic, or slow. They have APD. APD has been called the auditory equivalent of dyslexia, and its debilitatiting effects cross all ages, genders, and races. APD can cause children to fail in school and adults to suffer socially and in their careers, but until... more...
When the Brain Can't Hear
Atria Books 2002; US$ 16.00Millions of Americans have difficulty understanding spoken language. They're not deaf, autistic, or slow. They have APD. APD has been called the auditory equivalent of dyslexia, and its debilitatiting effects cross all ages, genders, and races. APD can cause children to fail in school and adults to suffer socially and in their careers, but until... more...
When the Brain Can't Hear
Atria Books 2002; Not AvailableMillions of Americans have difficulty understanding spoken language. They're not deaf, autistic, or slow. They have APD. APD has been called the auditory equivalent of dyslexia, and its debilitatiting effects cross all ages, genders, and races. APD can cause children to fail in school and adults to suffer socially and in their careers, but until... more...
Shouting Won't Help
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2013; US$ 25.99For twenty-two years, Katherine Bouton had a secret that grew harder to keep every day. An editor at The New York Times , at daily editorial meetings she couldn?t hear what her colleagues were saying. She had gone profoundly deaf in her left ear; her right was getting worse. As she once put it, she was ?the kind of person who might have used an... more...
Overcoming Hearing Aid Fears
Rutgers University Press 2003; US$ 21.00Approximately 10 percent of Americans (and nearly one-third of people age seventy and older) have some degree of hearing loss that, if left untreated, causes frustration, isolation, and depression. A hearing aid is a simple tool to improve careers, relationships, and self-esteem, and to provide independence and security. Yet of the nearly thirty million... more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hearing Loss
DK Publishing 2010; US$ 18.95Applying straightforward sense to one of our most important senses. Hearing loss and impairment is a problem for millions of adults and children. Because hearing loss can affect people at any age and the symptoms are so diverse, it is important to have one authoritative source for information. Written by certified otolaryngologists under the auspices... more...
Advanced Sign Language Vocabulary; Raising Expectations
Charles C Thomas 2009; US$ 43.95This new edition represents an updated collection of advanced sign language vocabulary facilitating enriched vocabulary development and elevated academic standards. This collection of signs reflects the vocabulary one would encounter in an educational or employment-related setting intended for use by educators, interpreters, parents, and anyone wishing... more...
Like Sound Through Water
Atria Books 2002; Not AvailableBen was a bright, happy little boy. Yet he was easily distracted, he wouldn't make eye contact, and he couldn't comprehend the simplest things said to him. At age three he still hadn't started talking. Finally, Karen Foli knew she had to act, and she took her son to a speech and hearing clinic. What the clinicians reported chilled her: Ben's speech... more...
The Hearing Impaired Child
Taylor and Francis 1989; US$ 46.95The Hearing Impaired Child introduces the background issues of hearing impairment then discusses specific aspects. These include causes of hearing loss, speech and language, personality and emotional development, and careers. Appendices provide checklists for language acquisition and reading and writing skills, lists of useful addresses, a helpful... more...
The Sound of Hope
Random House Publishing Group 2010; US$ 25.00There is more to listening than just hearing. A miraculous process that begins in the womb, learning to communicate is a vital part of expressing oneself and of understanding and interacting with the world. A child?s ability to listen well affects every aspect of his or her life. But for some 1.5 million children in the United States who have normal... more...









