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Deaf-abilityNot Disability
A Guide for the Parents of Hearing Impaired Children
Wendy McCracken and Hilary Sutherland
With a Foreword by Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales
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To Jim
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
McCracken, Wendy, 1952 Deaf-Ability, Not Disability: A Guide for the Parents of Hearing Impaired Children/Wendy McCracken and Hilary Sutherland. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Parents of Handicapped Children. 2. Child Rearing. 3. Children, Deaf - Family Relationships. 4. Hearing Impaired Children - Family Relationships. I. Sutherland, Hilary, 1955- . II. Title. HO759.913.M33 1991 649.1512 dc20.
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ISBN 1-85359-081-9 ISBN 1-85359-080-0 (pbk)
Multilingual Matters Ltd
UK: Bank House, 8a Hill Road, Clevedon, Avon BS21 7HH, England. USA: 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007, USA. Australia: PO Box 6025, 83 Gilles Street, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher.
Typeset by Wayside Books, Clevedon. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Billing & Sons Ltd.
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CONTENTS
Foreword
vii
Introduction
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
Apology
xii
Part I
1. Diagnosis
How the Ear Works; Why Can't My Child Hear?; Hearing Tests: What Is Measured?: Your Child Is Deaf But Why?
3
2. Family Reactions
29
3. Aids to Hearing
Reactions to Hearing Aids and Daily Routines; Understanding Hearing Aids; Radio Aids; Auditory Training Units; Infra-red Systems; Electromagnetic Induction Loop; Cochlear Implants
68
4. Lipreading
Problems Arising in a Normal Day; Points to Remember
68
5. Language Development
Development of spoken language; Looking; Copying; Making sounds; Where do words come into this?
78
6. Sign Language and Support Systems
Some Basic Comments about Sign Language; British Sign Language; What Does Sign Language Involve? Sign Language: the Bilingual Option; Opting for Sign Language Practical Considerations; What Are Manual Support Systems?
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