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Song without words : discovering my deafness halfway through life

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  • Author: Shea, Gerald
    Date:
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    2016
    Summary:

    Reveals how the author discovered at the age of thirty-four that he had been partially deaf since childhood and shares how he compensated through his amazing ability to translate the melody of vowels.

    Contents:
    • Cover; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 The Invisible Curtain; 2 House of Mysteries; 3 Voices in the Air; 4 A Schoolboy's Lyricals; 5 Gaudeamus; 6 Law School Mysteries; 7 Language in Air, Language in Light; 8 The Sounds of Silence; 9 A Voice Untouched; 10 Glass, Steel, and Babel; 11 All-Nighters and Ulcers; 12 Friends and Foes; 13 Poetry and Burnout; 14 Paris in Lyricals; 15 "Shea's Not Getting It!"; 16 A Brain on Overtime; 17 Hearing Aids at Last; 18 The Wind in the Willows; 19 Almost Whole; 20 Lilacs and Minarets; 21 International Counsel. 22 Prague, Budapest, and the Limits of Technology23 Life as a Lyrical?; 24 Freedom; 25 A Second Peace; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Index; About the Author.
    Genre:
    Biographies and autobiographies, Social science
    Subject(s): Deaf | Deaf lawyers | People with disabilities | Shea, Gerald, 1942-
    Original Publisher: Toronto, ON, ©2013, CNIB
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9780306821943
    Collection(s)/Series: Authors with Disabilities Collection | Disability Perspectives Collection