I Can Hear You Whisper - An Intimate Journey Through the Science of Sound and Language

“A skilled science translator, Denworth makes decibels, teslas and brain plasticity understandable to all.”-- Washington Post Lydia Denworth’s third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. Denworth knew the importance of enrichment to the developing brain but had never contemplated the opposite: deprivation. How would a child’s brain grow outside the world of sound? How would he communicate? Would he learn to read and write? An acclaimed science journalist as well as a mother, Denworth made it her mission to find out, interviewing experts on language development, inventors of groundbreaking technology, Deaf leaders, and neuroscientists at the frontiers of brain plasticity research. I Can Hear You Whisper chronicles Denworth’s search for answers--and her new understanding of Deaf culture and the exquisite relationship between sound, language, and learning.

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Lydia Denworth

Product details

• Authors: Lydia Denworth
• Publisher: Plume USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.02.2015
• EAN: 9780142181867
• ISBN: 978-0-14-218186-7
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 202 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, MEDICAL / Audiology & Speech Pathology, Child & developmental psychology, Coping with disability, Neurosciences, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Speech and language disorders and therapy, Age groups: children, Speech & language disorders & therapy, Audiology & otology, Coping with / advice about physical impairments / disability, Audiology and otology, HEALTH & FITNESS / Disability