"Context, Cognition, and Deafness" examines the effect of environment and social settings upon the cognitive development of deaf children. Its interdisciplinary approach clarifies the frequently conflicting results of past studies by analyzing many m...

Only recently have linguists ceased to regard metaphors as mere frills on the periphery of language and begun to recognize them as cornerstones of discourse. Phyllis Wilcox takes this innovation one step further in her fascinating study of metaphors...

This collection offers a wide variety of fascinating studies that consider multicultural aspects among deaf people worldwide. Mala Kleinfeld and Noni Warner investigate variation in the use of gay, lesbian, and bisexual signs in the Deaf community; J...

"Mama knew I was 'not right'" Kitty Fischer says of her early childhood in Louisiana. Even though her mother never said it, Kitty knew she meant "deaf and dumb". Her communication difficulties were compounded by the bias her family endured for being...

Especially for use with deaf and hard-of-hearing clients, "Signing with Your Clients" shows how to sign the questions and statements most frequently used by clinicians. More than 500 line drawings illustrate the signs for 237 sentences with translat...

By conducting interviews with seven deaf children, ages seven to ten, Martha Sheridan offers a fresh look at their private thoughts and feelings in this watershed book. Each child possesses a unique cultural background, and Sheridan communicated with...

"The Handbook of Pediatric Audiology" presents 14 comprehensive chapters written by the preeminent expert in each discipline. Clinicians and other professionals and students now can refer to specific subjects in pediatric audiology for treating child...

This volume contains original writing by deaf people from the first half of the nineteenth century, a period of transformation for deaf Americans that saw the rise of deaf education and the coalescence of the nation's deaf community. It begins with w...

In the late twentieth century, a tidal wave of calls for reform and inclusion of special needs students swept over public special education. The current debates over implementing these themes today are authoritatively addressed by nineteen distinguis...