| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 187 pages :) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Deaf lives
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Deaf lives.
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OldControl:muse9781563684258. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Acknowledging Differences; I Can't Hear You When I Yawn; You Are One of Millions; Handling Insensitive Questions and Changing One's Attitude; What's Your Shoe Size?; Stories of Growing up Deaf in a Hearing Family; Marriage Vows Become a Reality; File It Away; Listening and Hearing; Enjoy the Ride; Employee/Employer Blues; Twisted Fingers; Mouth Wide Open; When Batteries Die; Worship "Normally"; Mickey Mouse Voices; Looking Both Ways; Suweet-suwee-suweet!; Appendix: Technical Description of Cochlear Implant Mapping |
| Summary |
Gradually becoming deaf since elementary school, Thompson used her community newspaper column as a personal guide for readers on how to handle hearing loss, including getting a cochlear implant. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Thompson, Elizabeth, 1951-
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Thompson, Elizabeth, 1951- |
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Deaf authors -- United States -- Biography.
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Deaf authors. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Journalists. |
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"Multi-User" |
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thompson, Elizabeth, 1951- Day by day. Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008007110 |
| ISBN |
9781563684258 (electronic book) |
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156368425X (electronic book) |
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1563683911 (alkaline paper) |
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9781563683916 (alkaline paper) |
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1563683709 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781563683701 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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