This is an account of David Wright's early education at a school for the deaf, and subsequent university career at Oxford, where he was a contemporary of Sidney Keyes, Keith Douglas, John Heath-Stubbs and Dom Mintoff. The second part traces the history of deaf education from its beginnings in the 16th century, and ends with an outline of recent developments, such as the Mary Hare Grammar School for the Deaf and the Audiology Research Unit at Reading.
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Leading us into the world of silence, highly recommended,
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As a hearing person, it is hard for me to acquire an accurate picture of the deaf world as even my hearing impaired buddies can't tell much of the difference given their early loss of hearing and my limited understanding of sign language (they are somehow forced to sign more simply to express themselves in front of me). With a complete loss of hearing at the age of seven but mastery of English, the author can vividly depict how he 'sees' voices and sounds as well as what really exists in his world of silence. What's more, I truly admire his candid self-examination, such as the white superiority in South Africa in his times. It is racist in nowadays standard, but being truthful to oneself is far more precious than being politically correct to me. Highly recommend it to those who are interested in the issue of deafness.
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