Deaf Like Me
- ISBN-10
- 0930323114
- ISBN-13
- 9780930323110
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Gallaudet University Press
- Authors
- James P. Spradley, Thomas S. Spradley
Description
The parents of a child born without hearing describe their efforts to reach across the barrier of silence to teach their daughter to speak and enjoy a normal life.
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