Choices in deafness
Subtitle: a parents' guide to communication options
By: edited by Sue Schwartz.
Contributors: Schwartz, Sue.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Woodbine House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781890627737
Subjects: Deaf -- Means of communication -- United States -- Case studies; Deaf children -- United States -- Language -- Case studies; Deaf children -- Services for -- United States -- Directories; Hearing impaired children -- Services for -- United States -- Directories
Genres: Case studies.; Directories.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / James Battey; title: Introduction : understanding childhood deafness / Sue Schwartz; title: A medical approach to hearing loss / Stephen Epstein; title: The audiological assessment / Kathryn S. James; title: Universal newborn screening / Gilbert Herer; title: Auditory neuropathy/Dys-synchrony (AN/AD) / Charles Berlin, Bronya Keats, Linda Hood, Paula Gregory, Gary Rance; title: Genetic causes of deafness / Kathleen Arnos and Arti Pandya; title: Amplification options / Kathryn S. James; title: The cochlear implant / John Niparko, Andrea Marlowe, Deborah Bervinchek, Kristin Ceh; title: Communication technology / Pat Relihan; title: The auditory-oral approach : a professional perspective / Jean Moog; title: The auditory-verbal approach : a professional perspective / Warren Estabrooks; title: The ASL and English bilingual approach : a professional  perspective / Beth Benedict, Marilyn Sass Lehrer; title: Cued speech : a professional perspective / Jane Smith; title: Total communication : a professional perspective /; title: Susan Russell; title: Finding blessings in our child's deafness : the transformation of dreams / Anne Geiger Oliphant; title: How to identify a program of excellence / Sheila Doctors; title: Making it in college; title: Perspectives from adults who are deaf / Jack Gannon, Irene Leigh.