Making Sense in Sign : : A Lifeline for a Deaf Child / / Jenny Froude.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Froude, Jenny,
• MitwirkendeR: Ballarat, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: Parents' and Teachers' Guides
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter 1. The Time of Crisis --; Chapter 2. Deafness May Result --; Chapter 3. Take My Hands and Let Them Move --; Chapter 4. Channels of Communication --; Chapter 5. Good Times Bad Times --; Chapter 6. Coping and Caring --; Chapter 7. Growing Up --; Chapter 9. Staying Strong --; Chapter 10. The Big Adventure --; Chapter 11. Language for Life --; Chapter 12. Borneo and Beyond --; Chapter 13. What Is Deaf? --; Chapter 14. Paths to Understanding --; Appendix 1. A Letter to a Deaf Son ‘Yellow is a Lovely Word to See’ --; Appendix 2. A Second Letter to a Deaf Son --; Appendix 3. Some Useful Addresses --; Appendix 4. Glossary --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781853596308; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781853596308
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jenny Froude.

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.