Books about deafness & CI

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Thought it would be a good idea to gather books in this thread that people thought were really worth-while....
Make sure you add a publishing date because for CI-related books, 3-year old books are allready OLD!

I'll start off with the following list:

Books & films regarding deafness, deaf culture, history
* "Seeing Voices" by Oliver Sachs - 1990
* "Mask of Benevolence" by Harlan Lane - 1993 (The CI-part of the book is really out of date and really not valid any more.)
* "A Journey into the Deaf-World" by Harlan L. Lane, et al - 1996
* "When the mind Hears" by Harlan Lane - 1989
* "Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness in Martha's Vineyard" by Nora Groce - 1988
* "Sound and Fury" by Josh Aronson and Scott Davidson (Documentary)
* "Laurant Clerc: The Story of His Early Years" by Cathryn Carroll - 2002
* "Mr. Holland's Opus" Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation - 1996 (Film)
* "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson Cullers - April 2004
* "Children Of A Lesser God" Paramount Home Entertainment - 1986 (Film)

Books and films regarding CI
* "Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human" by Michael Chorost - 2006
* "Wired for Sound: A Journey into Hearing" by Beverly Biderman - 1999
* "Sound and Fury" by Josh Aronson and Scott Davidson (Documentary)
* "Cecilia's Story Introduction" and "Hearing Your Life " available from by Advance Bionics (Documentary)
* "Jacobs journey" available from Cochlear (Documentary)




This for now... more to come
 
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Thanks for the info, Cloggy. I wonder how many anti-CI and "doubtful"-CI will ever read Chorost and Bidermann books..

Fuzzy
 
Audiofuzzy said:
Thanks for the info, Cloggy. I wonder how many anti-CI and "doubtful"-CI will ever read Chorost and Bidermann books..

Fuzzy
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I hope some will.
Have you any books / Films to add?
 
Well if you count Children of a Lesser God? with Marlee Matlin?

and a book by Carson Cullers "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" that contains deaf character.

Fuzzy
 
Audiofuzzy said:
Well if you count Children of a Lesser God? with Marlee Matlin?

and a book by Carson Cullers "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" that contains deaf character.

Fuzzy
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Yep, seen / read it. Added it to the first post..

Started on Carson Cullers "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" but found it hard to get through.

My wife found another book about growing up deaf. "Deafening" by Frances Itani - 2003... About a deaf girl growing up (beginning 1900), going to a deaf school, marrying, husband to the war (WW-I). My wife loved it.
 
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Keeping the list together....

Books & films regarding deafness, deaf culture, history
* "Seeing Voices" by Oliver Sachs - 1990
* "Mask of Benevolence" by Harlan Lane - 1993 (The CI-part of the book is really out of date and really not valid any more.)
* "A Journey into the Deaf-World" by Harlan L. Lane, et al - 1996
* "When the mind Hears" by Harlan Lane - 1989
* "Everyone Here Spoke Sign Language: Hereditary Deafness in Martha's Vineyard" by Nora Groce - 1988
* "Sound and Fury" by Josh Aronson and Scott Davidson (Documentary)
* "Laurant Clerc: The Story of His Early Years" by Cathryn Carroll - 2002
* "Mr. Holland's Opus" Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation - 1996 (Film)
* "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson Cullers - April 2004
* "Children Of A Lesser God" Paramount Home Entertainment - 1986 (Film)
* "Deafening" by Frances Itani - 2003

Books and films regarding CI
* "Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human" by Michael Chorost - 2006
* "Wired for Sound: A Journey into Hearing" by Beverly Biderman - 1999
* "Sound and Fury" by Josh Aronson and Scott Davidson (Documentary)
* "Cecilia's Story Introduction" and "Hearing Your Life " available from by Advance Bionics (Documentary)
* "Jacobs journey" available from Cochlear (Documentary)
 
* For Hearing People Only - Matthew Moore
* Grand & Humble - Bren Hartinger has a secondary Deaf female character in a adult literature; http://www.brenthartinger.com 2006
* Meeting Halfway in American Sign Language - Bernard Bragg & Jack R. Olson 1994
* A Dictionary of Idioms For the Deaf - Maxine Tull Boatner, Ph.D. & John Edward Gates, B.D., S.T.M. First Edition reprinted NAD 1969
* Handbook to Service the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - a Bridge to Accessibility - John W. Adams & Pamela S. Rohring 2004
* Deaf Heritage - Jack R. Gannon 1981
* Communicating With Deaf Children - Edited by Tom Bertling

(copied and paste from Cloggy's post :D )
* "Wired for Sound: A Journey into Hearing" by Beverly Biderman - 1999
* "Sound and Fury" by Josh Aronson and Scott Davidson (Documentary)
* "Cecilia's Story Introduction" and "Hearing Your Life " available from by Advance Bionics (Documentary)
* "Jacobs journey" available from Cochlear (Documentary)

* "Sound and Fury" by Josh Aronson and Scott Davidson (Documentary)
* "Mr. Holland's Opus" Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation - 1996 (Film)
* "Children Of A Lesser God" Paramount Home Entertainment - 1986 (Film)

There were some books I borrowed from the library but forgot the name but I did post snippets from the book elsewhere in AD and somewhere on the net.
http://www.alldeaf.com/showthread.php?t=27374

* "Deaf World A Historical Reader and Primary Sourcebook" edited by Lois Bragg published 2001 (will post snippet from that book in AD for sure will be a hot topic) This book is suggested reading for Cloggy.
 
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* "Deaf World A Historical Reader and Primary Sourcebook" edited by Lois Bragg published 2001 (will post snippet from that book in AD for sure will be a hot topic) This book is suggested reading for Cloggy.
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Tried to order that one but accidently ordered the workbook....

Is it this one?
 
Cloggy said:
Tried to order that one but accidently ordered the workbook....

Is it this one?
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bummer!

Yes, that is the one.. the one I borrowed was a hard cover. I checked the chapters and yes, that's it.
 
Cloggy said:
Out of my league. I have no knowledge of the system in USA, but I can see the contradiction between saying "Deafness is not a disability" and "collecting disability support".

Wonder what Sweetmind, SxyPig and others have to say about it.
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but that is only from one chapter, there are more chapters go to amazon.com to look at the TOC to see all the chapters by clicking the on the cover art
 
Boult said:
but that is only from one chapter, there are more chapters go to amazon.com to look at the TOC to see all the chapters by clicking the on the cover art
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Did that (See my link elsewhere and your PM...) and looked promising so I ordered it. Thanks for the tip..
 
I vaguely remember reading a book when I was 10 or 11 about a deaf/mute girl who finds a statue of a baby, I think it was called "A Single Light"
 
From Cloggy's post:
* "Mr. Holland's Opus" Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation - 1996 (Film)
* "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson Cullers - April 2004
* "Children Of A Lesser God" Paramount Home Entertainment - 1986 (Film)

I find it interesting that these were made into movies (well, you already noted "film") and did any of you ever see the movie "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"? I just cannot remember the title character's real name (Alan something?). VERY good!

And does anyone recall a movie (I can't remember if it was movie or made-for-TV titled "Johnny Belinda"? I know the actress but again I forget the name. I don't think it was captioned.

(and yes, I AM old! LOL)
 
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