On My Father's Loss of Hearing.
On My Father's Loss of Hearing This morning, on a ListServ for the deaf, I read the comments of a reader who responded to a poem that describes deafness as unknowing, thickness, clay. I'd like to see more poems treat the deaf as being abled differently, not lost or...

Straight Answers.
Byline: SHALINI P DPK Babu, Secretary of an NGO on integrating the hearing impaired into the workforce. Retrogressive misconceptions about hearing impairment still exist? Deafness is a very misunderstood disability because of its low incidence. People misunderstand the intellectual capacity of the hearing...

Advances in the spoken language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
0195179870 Advances in the spoken language development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Ed. by Patricia Elizabeth Spencer and Marc Marschark. Oxford U. Press 2006 381 pages $65.00 Hardcover Perspectives on deafness ...

Advances in the sign language development of deaf children.
0195180941 Advances in the sign language development of deaf children. Ed. by Brenda Schick et al. Oxford U. Press 2006 395 pages $59.50 Hardcover Perspectives on deafness HV2474 Advances...

Sign language interpreting and interpreter education; directions for research and practice.
0195176944 Sign language interpreting and interpreter education; directions for research and practice. Ed. by Marc Marschark et al. Oxford U. Press 2005 307 pages $59.50 Hardcover Perspectives on deafness HV2402 ...

National Observance of Deaf Awareness Week 2006.
HEARING loss and deafness affect individuals of all ages. It may occur at any time from infancy through old age. The good news is it does not affect a person's intellectual capacity or ability to learn. However, children who have difficulty of hearing need some form of special education...

Including people who are deaf in recreation: despite advances in opportunity, people who are deaf still need more.
People who are deaf play tennis, take their children to soccer games and like to camp, just like anybody else. However, including people who are deaf in public park and recreation programs has not yet reached the successful levels that consumers and providers both envision. So what makes these...

Silent interview.
Introduction In Western societies, biomedicine has become the preferred approach to illness and disability as, according to Samson (1999), biomedicine is predominantly concerned with the mechanics of the body and the identification, treatment and cure of disease. Due to this medical focus on a disease model that...

Faith in deaf culture.
A SMALL GROUP OF DEAF BELIEVERS A SUNDAY MORNING in a multicultural working-class city in the Netherlands. A Deaf (1) club gathers as they do every first Sunday of the month, for a social event and a celebration of the Eucharist. Until recently they had found a...

Poststapedectomy reparative granuloma.
A 61 year-old man presented with the classic history of otosclerosis. After a trial with a hearing aid for several months, he opted for surgery. The diagnosis of otosclerosis was confirmed at surgery, and a total stapedectomy was performed. A 0.8-mm fluoroplastic prosthesis was inserted, and the oval window...