Books
Patrick gets Hearing Aids
This book is written for children. The author knows from experience the need for awareness and understanding that must be developed, not only by children with hearing loss, but also by their peers. Additionally, the hope that the book will reduce anxiety in those c...
Telephone Strategies
This book provides a broad range of information that will assist both hard-of-hearing and normal-hearing people in their efforts to improve telephone communication. It was written on the assumption that significant improvements can be made in both technical and prac...
Your Turn to Call
Telecommunications Relay Service connects people who use a TTY (text telephone) and people who use a standard telephone. Specially trained Communication Assistants relay messages, reading aloud everything typed and typing back everything heard. In this book you can...
Legal Rights The Guide for Deaf And Hard of Hearing People
The standard handbook on law affecting deaf and hard of hearing people has been completely rewritten and updated. The sixth edition of Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People meticulously describes those statutes that prohibit discriminatio...
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Educational Services Guideline
The Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing received funding from the State Department of Education (SDE) through its State Improvement Grant to develop guidelines for educational interpreters in Idaho. The SDE received approval from the Ohio Department of Educatio...
Circles of Friends
In this warm, sensitive collection, Robert and Martha Perske offer true stories and issues to ponder, concerning Circles of Friends - friendships between people with disabilities and so-called normals. They show how these circles cut across age groups, generations, ...
Speechreading, A Way to Improve Understanding
The goal of Speechreading: A Way to Improve Understanding is to present the nature and process of speechreading and its benefits and limitations. The book was designed as a source of information for hard of hearing adults of all ages and degrees of hearing loss, the...
Kid Friendly Parenting with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
This child-friendly, deaf-friendly, parent-friendly guide, authored by two child and family therapists, covers various aspects of parenting but specifically focuses on dealing with childhood behaviors after parents have accepted their child's deafness. Offering ideas...
Best Practices in Educational Interpreting
This book takes a developmental approach to curriculum and instruction regarding students who use interpreters, moving from preschool on through the graduate school. The topics covered relate to the specific needs of learners at each age and apply to interpreters wh...
Our Forgotten Children: Hard of Hearing Pupils in the Schools (Second Edition)
The second edition of Our Forgotten Children provides up-to-date information on the education of children who are hard of hearing. Key topics include definitions, early intervention, medical aspects of hearing loss, classroom acoustics, the latest technology in hear...