10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-DEAF»
Discover the use of
half-deaf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
half-deaf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medical and Surgical Reporter
The child is half deaf. Will he remain in this state, or will his hearing improve?
Time will make this manifest, as the family propose to bring this child to me
periodically to continue his treatment. I ought to recall to mind the fact that his
tonsils were ...
Harold Havelock Kynett, Samuel Worcester Butler, D G Brinton, 1862
Yet when the doctor asked Alandra if she wanted to hear, she asked if he could
make her half hearing and half deaf. In her innocence, she said she wanted to
keep both her hearing and deaf friends. The doctor thought this was a good joke.
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Centered on the Word: Literature, Scripture, and the ...
Squint-Eyed,. Left-Handed,. Half-Deaf: Imperfect. Senses. and. John. Donne's.
Interpretive. Middle. Way. Jeanne. Shami. Donne's Interpretive Middle Way In His
Sermons is A Practice grounded in his understanding of the Church of England ...
Daniel W. Doerksen, Christopher Hodgkins, 2004
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Hands of My Father: A Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the ...
From the beaches of Coney Island to Ebbets Field, where he watches his father’s hero Jackie Robinson play ball, from the branch library above the local Chinese restaurant where the odor of chow mein rose from the pages of the books he ...
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London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
M. Itard has also remarked, that in Spain and Italy the half deaf may be instructed
by an ordinary education, because the language of these countries is not loaded
with the enormous number of mute syllables which exist in the French ...
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Students with Disabilities, Learning Difficulties and ...
Hearing impaired persons are classified into half deaf and deaf persons. 1. In the
half deaf category are those persons whose the verge of best ear 25-80dB have
developed fully speaking or partly. According to the level of impairment we have
...
OECD, Joint Research Centre- European Commission, 2009
Between ferocious scratching and ooh-ooh-oohing sounds, they exchanged
vows before a half-deaf vicar, who declared with great pomposity, “I now
pronounce you Monkey and Wife!” He then told Big Monkey to hiss the bride for
he had a ...
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Rebuilt: My Journey Back to the Hearing World
I learned a little bit of ASL in my college years, when I worked at a summer camp
where one of the cabins was half-deaf and half-hearing. The hearing kids were
learning sign in class and by immersion, and I came along to a few of the classes.
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Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke
These contain nothing unseemly and even the punch line is based on an
impossibility: A man goes to the doctor and says: "Doctor, I'm half deaf." "What do
you mean, half deaf?" "Well," says the man, "I always hear exactly half of what
anyone ...
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Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor: A Lifetime Collection of ...
It was a leprechaun, so old he was half blind and half deaf, so old his voice was
almost too weak to hear. "But I heard the tiny cry for help and bent down. I found
him there caught under a small log and pinned to the ground. Carefully, I lifted
the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF-DEAF»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
half-deaf is used in the context of the following news items.
Neil Young at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Night 1 (photos, review)
Though Young is twice their age, they all look and sound like a '70s garage-rock jam band, wasting their nights in loud rooms, half-deaf from ... «Reverb, Jul 15»
Cuddyer Injured, Time for Conforto
Old, run down, and half-deaf left fielder Michael Cuddyer left the game due to a knee injury and had to be replaced by Darrell Ceciliani. «SportsBlog.com, Jul 15»
Pete Townshend: an old rocker on rip-roaring form
For a supposedly half-deaf 70‑year-old rocker on the verge of retirement, Townshend is on rip-roaring form. Since last November, The Who ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
When You Don't Quite Hear What Was Said
I've been half-deaf for years, and it can often be amusing. Not long ago when I was feeling blue and inadequate, my wife said, “You need to get ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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When I did answer, I was always indignant. Why can't I be both? Each time, I would assert myself and say, “No. I'm half.” Half-deaf, half-hearing. «Sacramento News & Review, May 15»
Stallone and Schwarzenegger: how their action heroes differ
This convention is a key motif in Stallone's work, from the brutal training and matches in Rocky to his half-deaf cop in Copland. In each movie of ... «Den Of Geek, May 15»
Donald Clarke: Why won't old bands leave us alone?
True, the half-deaf drummer must perform in a Perspex box. Indeed, the current incarnation of Weasel Fog reminds us of that old philosophical ... «Irish Times, May 15»
'Moon Over Buffalo' brings slam bang farce to Appleseed (Review)
... effectively into Fitzgerald's role of Charlotte's half-deaf but sharp-tongued mother, Ethel. The cast will revert to their assigned roles next week. «Syracuse.com, May 15»
'The Voice' Season 8 Spoilers: Who Advanced To The Top 12 …
Just like that, the fearless, half-deaf Sonic and the timid church singer Davila were sent home, their time on “The Voice” a thing of the past. «International Business Times, Apr 15»
A guide to Passover seder: praise the brisket, and don't mention Israel
... to be peace and argue that this is George W's fault, while a half-deaf elderly neighbor will butt in and accuse Mario Cuomo of antisemitism. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
