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Mother Father Deaf
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Paul M. Preston
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-07-21 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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“Mother father deaf” is the phrase commonly used within the Deaf community to refer to hearing children of deaf parents. These children grow up between two
Hands of My Father
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Myron Uhlberg
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-03 - Publisher: Bantam

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By turns heart-tugging and hilarious, Myron Uhlberg’s memoir tells the story of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents—and his life in a world that h
Hearing, Mother Father Deaf
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Sherry L. Hicks
Categories: Bilingualism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher:

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The 14th volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities series explores the rich linguistic and cultural characteristics of hearing members of deaf families
Deaf Like Me
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Thomas S. Spradley
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher: Gallaudet University Press

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The parents of a child born without hearing describe their efforts to reach across the barrier of silence to teach their daughter to speak and enjoy a normal li
On the Beat of Truth
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Maxine Childress Brown
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Strange Chemistry

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Brown is the oldest of three hearing daughters born to deaf, working-class African American parents. Both parents were born in the South and attended segregated