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American Sign Language American Sign Language Study and teaching American Sign Language Study and teaching United States Children of deaf parents Deaf children Deaf Means of communication Interpreters for the deaf Training of Interpreters for the deaf Training of United States Sign language United StatesBell, Cece
Summary: Starting a new school is scary, even more so with a giant hearing aid strapped to your chest. At her old school, everyone in Cece's class was deaf. Here she is different. She is sure the kids are staring at the Phonic Ear, the powerful aid that will help her hear her teacher. Too bad it also seems certain to repel potential friends. Then Cece makes a startling discovery. With the Phonic Ear she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 BELSummary: Through the stories of three CODAs (children of deaf adults), this film offers a previously unseen portrayal and exploration of these children's daily reality and upbringing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MOTSteyns, Lee Ann
Summary: "My first baby signs teaches basic signs that provide families with a way to communicate before babies can talk at all. The picture book format keeps the learning fun while introducing over 40 key American Sign Language (ASL) signs in context- each with their own visual and written guide. Your little one will learn to express their needs, wants, and frustrations with simple gestures-and you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peter Pauper Press, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 419 STENović, Sara
Summary: "True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history final, and have doctors, politicians, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they'll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: BOOK CLUB KIT FIC NOVCohen, Leah Hager.
Summary: Chronicle of the culture and students of New York's Lexington School for the Deaf, providing an intimate portrait of the world and culture of the deaf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9087 COHSummary: Work on skills by understanding and translating ASL vocabulary, sentences, and idioms from two deaf ASL professors, Gilda Toby Ganezer and Avery Posner, along with certified ASL interpreter, April Starks. There are fourteen quizzes with seven multiple choice questions per quiz. The program is best for every ASL student, interpreter trainee, interpreter, teacher, and ASL enthusiast when it comes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 WHASummary: Work on skills by understanding and translating ASL vocabulary, sentences, and idioms from two deaf ASL professors, Gilda Toby Ganezer and Avery Posner, along with certified ASL interpreter, April Starks. There are fourteen quizzes with seven multiple choice questions per quiz. The program is best for every ASL student, interpreter trainee, interpreter, teacher, and ASL enthusiast when it comes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 WHASummary: Work on skills by understanding and translating ASL vocabulary, sentences, and idioms from two deaf ASL professors, Gilda Toby Ganezer and Avery Posner, along with certified ASL interpreter, April Starks. There are fourteen quizzes with seven multiple choice questions per quiz. The program is best for every ASL student, interpreter trainee, interpreter, teacher, and ASL enthusiast when it comes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 WHAHeelan, Jamee Riggio
Summary: Chris, a boy who was born deaf, tells how he uses sign language, hearing aids, and his other senses to communicate with others, how his friends help him, and how, with the help of an interpreter, he can attend public school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 362.4 HEESummary: Work on skills by understanding and translating ASL vocabulary, sentences, and idioms from two deaf ASL professors, Gilda Toby Ganezer and Avery Posner, along with certified ASL interpreter, April Starks. There are fourteen quizzes with seven multiple choice questions per quiz. The program is best for every ASL student, interpreter trainee, interpreter, teacher, and ASL enthusiast when it comes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 WHAMurphy, Fiona
Summary: I am still unlearning the habit of secrecy. And yet, whenever somebody discovers that I am deaf, my body still reacts with churning terror. How do you build up a sense of robust pride when your body has taught itself to be fearful? Fiona Murphy's memoir about being deaf is a revelation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Text Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MURPHY, FIONA MURSummary: "For the first time ever, every viewer will get to learn how to express common phrases, sentences and idioms in American Sign Language (ASL). You will learn over 120 complete English sentences and idioms in ASL about everyday life"--Publishers description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everyday ASL Productions 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 COMSummary: If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Sound and fury is the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they confront a technological device that can help the deaf to hear but may also threaten deaf culture, and their bonds with each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Docurama 2002
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SOUSpradley, Thomas S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1978
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Summary: Myron Uhlberg was born the hearing son of deaf parents at a time when American Sign Language was not well established and deaf people were often dismissed as being unintelligent. In this young reader adaptation of his acclaimed memoir, Hands of My Father, Uhlberg recalls the daily difficulties and hidden joys of growing up as the intermediary between his parents’ silent world and the world of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Albert Whitman & Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 UHLUhlberg, Myron.
Summary: 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 he found unaccountably beautiful, even as he longed to escape it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Dell 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: B Uhlberg UhlSpradley, Thomas S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallaudet College Press 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1512 SPRSummary: "For the first time ever, every viewer will get to learn how to express common phrases, sentences and idioms in American Sign Language (ASL). You will learn over 120 complete English sentences and idioms in ASL about everyday life"--Publishers description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everyday ASL Productions 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 COMBell, Cece
Summary: The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JB BELL BELStocker, Shannon
Summary: "A nonfiction picture book biography celebrating Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GLECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB GLENNIE STOGibson, William
Summary: A text of the television play, intended for reading, of Anne Sullivan Macy's attempts to teach her pupil, Helen Keller, to communicate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1957
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812 GIBKent, Deborah.
Summary: "Begins with the story of Beanca, a girl who was born deaf and uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate, and then goes on to explain the history of ASL"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Elementary 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 419 KENContents: Manual codes on English and American sign language / Joseph Stedt, Donald F. Moores -- A manual communication overview / Harry Bornstein -- Communication in classrooms for deaf students / Thomas E. Allen, Michael Karchmer -- Sign English in the education of deaf students / James Woodward -- ASL and its implications for education / Robert J. Hoffmeister -- Signing exact English / Gerilee...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallaudet University Press 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 ManParsons, Frances M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallaudet University Press 1988