Teaching about disabilities through children's literature.
9781591585411 Teaching about disabilities through children's literature. Prater, Mary Anne and Tina taylor Dyches. Libraries Unlimited 2008 131 pages $38.00 Paperback Through children's literature PN1009 This resource for K-12...

Syphilis infection rate rises most in gay men, blacks.
CHICAGO -- The rate of syphilis in the United States has increased for the seventh consecutive year, jumping 12% from 2006 to 2007, according to preliminary evidence released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The upsurge was driven largely by a 14% rise in cases...

'Mild to moderate' hearing loss underappreciated.
Many children and adolescents with "mild to moderate" hearing loss are not getting the help they need, either because their impairment is not recognized or because its consequences are not fully appreciated, according to several experts. "I am challenging the whole concept of 'mild' hearing loss in...

Deaf adolescents; inner lives and lifeworld development.
9781563683695 Deaf adolescents; inner lives and lifeworld development. Sheridan, Martha A. Gallaudet University Pr. 2008 244 pages $55.00 Hardcover HV2391 How different is the world of deaf children aged seven to...

Crossing the divide; representations of deafness in biography.
1563682982 Crossing the divide; representations of deafness in biography. Hartig, Rachel M. Gallaudet University Pr. 2006 161 pages $29.95 Paperback HV2370 At what point, asks Hartig (foreign languages, literatures, and cultures;...

Women and deafness; double visions.
1563682931 Women and deafness; double visions. Ed. by Brenda Jo Brueggemann and Susan Burch. Gallaudet University Pr. 2006 298 pages $38.00 Hardcover HV2545 Brueggemann (English, Ohio State U.), Burch (history, Gallaudet...

Perfect-pitch; Patrick shows signs of tone-deafness.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION; EDITORIAL FOOTNOTE Deval L. Patrick's recent transformation from a campaigner with perfect political pitch to a leader showing signs of tone deafness is surprising, to say the least. Timing has had a lot to do with it. In swift succession came...

Neither-nor; a young Australian's experience with deafness.
9781563683503 Neither-nor; a young Australian's experience with deafness. Jacobs, Paul Gordon. Gallaudet University Pr. 2007 213 pages $29.95 Paperback Deaf lives HV2943 He was three months old when he...

Don't talk too much.
Byline: Nirmala Govindarajan Too many hours on your cellphone can cause deafness, say studies. But who's listening? A recent study conducted by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, reveals that people using mobile phones for four years and above, and who...

Health ministry offers hope for hearing-impaired.
Byline: Kounteya Sinha NEW DELHI: It's a physical ailment that affects one out of every 12 Indians but has been long ignored. Now, the Union health ministry has decided to address the menace of deafness. India, where 25,000 children are born deaf every year, is...