Making Sense in Sign

A Lifeline for a Deaf Child
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-85359-628-5
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 284 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Froude, Jenny

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Zeichensprachen, Künstliche Sprachen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.