"Deaf Like Me" ( Thomas & James Spradley )

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"Thomas S. Spradley and James P. Spradley, in Deaf Like Me chronicle the experiences of a parents coming to grips with their daughter's deafness and learning much not only about that handicap but about human love. The Spradleys are brothers, Thomas is the father of Lynn, who was born deaf, and James is an anthropologist and uncle to Lynn. Louise, Lynn's mother, is an integral part of the book, and Lynn herself, at 19 years old in 1985, writes the book's Epilogue, making the work a truly family effort.

Perhaps one reason that the parents felt such pain at the discovery of "their daughter's deafness was that the mother Louise felt partly responsible because she had German measles during her pregnancy. Before their daughter's deafness is confirmed, their greatest fear seems to be that she will appear to be..."

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