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Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
The Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing is a statewide special library dedicated to meeting the information and accessibility needs of the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities, as well as meeting the information needs about hearing loss to all Tennesseans.
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This five DVD set authored by Lottie Riekehof is a concept-based dictionary for sign language which presents over 1,500 signs selected from American Sign Language. It features English equivalents for signs, mime demonstrations, method of signing and fingerspelling. An accompanying text is available. Volumes are: Disc 1: Introduction, Fingerspelling, Family Relationships, Pronouns, Question Words, Endings, Time, Mental Action & Emotions and Feelings....
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This is a guide for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern. It provides the basic vocabulary needed for persons entering interpreter training programs. Over 1500 signs have been illustrated and are grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Includes line drawings and step-by-step descriptions of positions and movements,...
887) Arthur's new puppy
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Arthur's new puppy causes problems when it tears the living room apart, wets on everything, and refuses to wear a leash.
888) Deafness gain
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"Set in Melbourne, Australia, during the 1970s, Deafness Gain continues the story told in Deafness Down. Having left school, Mike embarks on a career in accountancy. But he falls in with a crowd of young deaf people. The profound ease of communication transforms him, and leads to an exploration of deafness. Being with deaf people, Mike learns to connect with hearing people, and reaches out to a world far wider than the expectations of family and career."--Back...
889) Deafness down
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It's the 1960s. You are in Grade One at a large Catholic primary school, and you are the only one who is deaf. Deafness is subtle, especially when you can speak like anyone else, but you can't hide it. The cord of your new hearing aid loops out of the collar of your school shirt, and tells the world you're deaf, whether you want them to know or not. This is what faces Mike. What makes his story of schooldays and adolescence more unusual is his family....
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