Making Sense in Sign: A Lifeline for a Deaf Child, 6

Language which develops 'against all the odds' is very precious. Words were not enough for Tom; it was signs that made sense of a world silenced by meningitis. Confidence came via joyful and positive steps to communication from babyhood; a brush with epilepsy, a cochlear implant in his teens and life as an independent young adult followed.

• | Author: Jenny Froude
• | Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• | Publication Date: Apr 17, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1853596280
• | ISBN-13: 9781853596285