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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780461503321

Autore

Froude Jenny <1939->

Titolo

Making sense in sign [[electronic resource] ] : a lifeline for a deaf child / / Jenny Froude

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon [UK] ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2003

ISBN

1-280-82815-3

9786610828159

9781853596302

1-85359-630-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Collana

Parents' and teachers' guides ; ; 6

Disciplina

362.4/2/083

B

Soggetti

Deaf children - Great Britain

Parents of deaf children - Great Britain

Deaf - Means of communication - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.