Handbook to service the deaf and hard of hearing a bridge to accessibility / [electronic resource] :
John W. Adams and Pamela S. Rohring.
- Oxford : Academic, c2004. London : Elsevier Academic Press, c2004.
- xvi, 258 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to being deaf or hard of hearing -- Worlds collide : growing up with a hearing loss -- Language differences and communication issues -- Deaf culture or condition? -- Issues from the past, issues for the millennium : the professionals' perspectives -- Best practices when communicating with deaf and hard of hearing people.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Deaf--United States. Deaf--Means of communication--United States. Social work with the deaf--United States. Deafness--Social aspects.