Making Sense in Sign - A Lifeline for a Deaf Child

Language which develops 'against all the odds' is very precious. Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. Confidence came via joyful and positive steps to communication from babyhood; a brush with epilepsy, a cochlear implant in his teens and life as an independent young adult followed.

About the author

Jenny Froude was a journalist on Womanâ??s Weekly before retiring to have a longed-for family. New communication skills were needed when the youngest was deafened by meningitis at 5 months. The years that followed were a steep but lovely learning curve! She studied Signed English and worked as an SSA in a Senior Hearing Impairment Unit for four years.

Summary

Language which develops ‘against all the odds’ is very precious. Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. Confidence came via joyful and positive steps to communication from babyhood; a brush with epilepsy, a cochlear implant in his teens and life as an independent young adult followed.

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Froude
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2003
• EAN: 9781853596285
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-628-5
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 284 g
• Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides; Parents' and Teachers' Guides
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies