The Feel of Silence (Health, Society, and Policy)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.31 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566393523 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tucker had to battle against all odds because she also happened to be profoundly deaf. . The humor, anger, sadness, victory, and frustration she expresses combine to leave readers with a refreshing understanding of hearing loss. Again and again, Tucker emphasizes how important it was for her to be in the mainstream of society and to be involved with life, despite the many difficult choices her disability caused. P.L., Westminster, Md.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. In a poignant, compelling manner, she recounts how she accommodated to the hearing world, becoming a skilled lipreader without learning sign language and never meeting another deaf person until her mid-thirties. From Library Journal In this witty, warm, and sensitive mem
A memoir of the author's experience as a profoundly deaf infant who became an expert lipreader, and who never learned sign language or met another deaf person until her mid-thirties. It follows her story as she made it through college, to become a corporate litigator.
Written from a Deaf Author's perspective of growing up in Jeannine McCoy Written from a Deaf Author's perspective of growing up in a hearing world. This is a thought provoking book for anyone who has contact with D/HH culture/family members/friends.. A Customer said Miscataloged but worth reading. I ran into this book by accident looking for a book about law. (LOC cataloged it in the Dewey system as Miscataloged but worth reading I ran into this book by accident looking for a book about law. (LOC cataloged it in the Dewey system as 3Miscataloged but worth reading A Customer I ran into this book by accident looking for a book about law. (LOC cataloged it in the Dewey system as 340.092, near books like Legal Realism at Yale.) It's actually the autobiography of Bonnie Poitras Tucker, born (so far as anyone can tell) totally deaf but who eventually became a lawyer and a law school professor. Tucker's strength is in communicating the burden of being dea. 0.092, near books like Legal Realism at Yale.) It's actually the autobiography of Bonnie Poitras Tucker, born (so far as anyone can tell) totally deaf but who eventually became a lawyer and a law school professor. Tucker's strength is in communicating the burden of being dea. Miscataloged but worth reading A Customer I ran into this book by accident looking for a book about law. (LOC cataloged it in the Dewey system as 340.092, near books like Legal Realism at Yale.) It's actually the autobiography of Bonnie Poitras Tucker, born (so far as anyone can tell) totally deaf but who eventually became a lawyer and a law school professor. Tucker's strength is in communicating the burden of being dea. 0.09"Miscataloged but worth reading" according to A Customer. I ran into this book by accident looking for a book about law. (LOC cataloged it in the Dewey system as Miscataloged but worth reading I ran into this book by accident looking for a book about law. (LOC cataloged it in the Dewey system as 3Miscataloged but worth reading A Customer I ran into this book by accident looking for a book about law. (LOC cataloged it in the Dewey system as 340.092, near books like Legal Realism at Yale.) It's actually the autobiography of Bonnie Poitras Tucker, born (so far as anyone can tell) totally deaf but who eventually became a lawyer and a law school professor. Tucker's strength is in communicating the burden of being dea. 0.092, near books like Legal Realism at Yale.) It's actually the autobiography of Bonnie Poitras Tucker, born (so far as anyone can tell) totally deaf but who eventually became a lawyer and a law school professor. Tucker's strength is in communicating the burden of being dea. Miscataloged but worth reading A Customer I ran into this book by accident looking for a book about law. (LOC cataloged it in the Dewey system as 340.092, near books like Legal Realism at Yale.) It's actually the autobiography of Bonnie Poitras Tucker, born (so far as anyone can tell) totally deaf but who eventually became a lawyer and a law school professor. Tucker's strength is in communicating the burden of being dea. 0.092, near books like Legal Realism at Yale.) It's actually the autobiography of Bonnie Poitras Tucker, born (so far as anyone can tell) totally deaf but who eventually became a lawyer and a law school professor. Tucker's strength is in communicating the burden of being dea. , near books like Legal Realism at Yale.) It's actually the autobiography of Bonnie Poitras Tucker, born (so far as anyone can tell) totally deaf but who eventually became a lawyer and a law school professor. Tucker's strength is in communicating the burden of being dea. "Accepting oneself as less than perfect" according to N. Asher. I found this book to be extremely powerful. Bonnie wholely admits to being in denial about her deafness til she was Accepting oneself as less than perfect I found this book to be extremely powerful. Bonnie wholely admits to being in denial about her deafness til she was 38. At first I found this disturbing as she KNEW she was deaf, but claimed to be in denial. Three months AFTER I read the book it finally hit me what she was saying!!! She was not in denial about her deafness, she was in denial about the fact that her deafness made. 8. At first I found this disturbing as she KNEW she was deaf, but claimed to be in denial. Three months AFTER I read the book it finally hit me what she was saying!!! She was not in denial about her deafness, she was in denial about the fact that her deafness made