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| The silents |
| by Abrams, Charlotte, 1929- |
| Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, c1996. |
| Call #: HV 2534 .A42 1996 |
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| Not only are her parents deaf, Abrams mother is becoming blind. All the old communications and day to day living routines need to be made anew. Through it all, the family, their friends and neighbors, hearing and deaf, worked to ensure that Abrams’ parents remained the close, vital members of the community that they had always been. |
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| Davis grew up as the hearing child of deaf parents. In this candid, often funny, memoir he recalls the joys and confusions of this special world as a liaison between sound and silence. Gracefully slipping through memory, longing, and redemption, this is an eloquent remembrance of human ties and human failings. |
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| Deaf hearing boy : a memoir |
| by Miller, R. H. (Robert Henry), 1938- |
| Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2004. |
| Call #: HQ759.912 .M55 2004 |
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| Born in 1938, Miller’s memoir depicts a changing time for hearing and deaf Americans, when family farms disappear and the isolation of Deaf people also began to fade. In witnessing this transformation of society through his family’s life, Miller adds an important chapter to the collective narrative of Deaf people. |
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| Based on 150 interviews with adult hearing children of deaf parents, Preston examines the process of assimilation and cultural affiliation among a population whose lives incorporate the paradox of being culturally “deaf,” yet functionally hearing. |
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| The oldest of three children, Walker must act as an interpreter for her deaf parents. Although a child, she needed to act as an adult, and to be a buffer to the outside hearing world for her parents. Walker is candid in detailing her own frustrations, and the burdens of life with the deaf. |
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