Claire H Blatchford

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1) Nick's Secret

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In this exciting mystery, thirteen-year-old Nick and his faithful dog, Wags, are mixed up in a scheme even more exciting, and dangerous, than they have ever been in before. Daryl, a school bully, forces Nick to meet him at the creepy Tower Motel, a place that local legend says is haunted. On his way there, a snowstorm threatens, and a mysterious girl named Ionie warns Nick to stay away from the motel. Snowed in by the blizzard, Nick joins forces with...

2) Many ways of hearing: 94 multitasked lessons in listening

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Blatchford, Claire H

3) Going with the flow

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When Mark changes schools in mid-year, he is angry, lonely, and embarrassed by his deafness, but he soon begins to adjust. Includes information about deafness and illustrations of signs.

4) Summer jobs and beyond: a guide for teens with hearing loss : and the adults who work with them

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Blatchford, Claire H

5) Exploring careers: adults with hearing loss in the work place

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Blatchford, Claire H

6) Coming to my senses: one woman's cochlear implant journey

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"Deafened at the age of six, Claire Blatchford was educated orally with speech lessons, speechreading, and hearing aids. Though successful both professionally and domestically, at the age of 67 Blatchford decided to undergo a cochlear implantation. In this memoir, she describes in prose and verse living with a cochlear implant for the past three years. At first, Blatchford feared losing the last of her hearing through the surgical process. Her audiologist...

7) Nick's mission

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Nick, a deaf sixth grader, is upset about having to go to speech therapy over the summer, until he and his dog stumble on some dangerous smugglers and he learns the importance of being able to communicate.