The Silent Garden: Raising Your Deaf Child [Paperback]

Paul Ogden (Author)

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The Silent Garden: Raising Your Deaf Child presents parents of deaf children with crucial information on the greater possibilities afforded deaf children today. The Silent Garden helps parents to overcome their initial, natural sense of shock of learning that their child is deaf. It explains the broad range of hearing loss types, from minor to profound. Parents also are helped in their considerations as to what type of school their child should attend and what kinds of professional help will be best for the entire family. The Silent Garden describes all forms of communication, including choices in signing from American Sign Language to the various manual systems based upon English. Technological alternatives are presented also, including when and when not to consider cochler implants. The Silent Garden brings understanding about deafness to parents and to all the other family members, relations and friends. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press; 1st edition (November 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563680580
• ISBN-13: 978-1563680588
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #381,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars review for silent garden, April 22, 2011

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I received the book very quickly and in awesome shape. Very glad I purchased from the person that I did!

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Book, December 13, 2010

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I have looked a lot for books in Brazil about Deaf Children and bought two, but they were for teachers not paratens. This one is very good for parents of deaf children. Although I will not use all of the chapters since the reality in Brazil is different from US, but the overview is very good.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I've read about raising a deaf child..., October 28, 2009

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Paul Ogden does an amazing job at covering all aspects of raising a deaf child. I felt as if someone was reading my mind and understood what I was going through. It was well written and very thorough. I've read many a books after finding out my daughter was hard of hearing. This book is at the top of my list.