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Cochlear implants; evolving perspectives.

Ed. by Raylene Paludneviciene and Irene W. Leigh.
Gallaudet University Pr., ©2011    289 p.    $60.00    RF305
978-1-56368-503-3

The fervor of the debate within the Deaf community on cochlear implants seems to have abated over the decades, and social scientists here report on recent insights and trends. In sections on the Deaf community and cochlear implants, language and auditory processing, educational approaches, and final thoughts, they consider such aspects as reflection of Deaf mothers on cochlear implants for their children, listening strategies to facilitate spoken language learning among signing children with cochlear implants, applying auditory rehabilitation teaching behaviors to a signed communication education context, and sensory politics and the cochlear implant debates. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Linguistics of American Sign Language; an introduction, 5th ed. (DVD included)

Ed. by Clayton Valli et al.
Gallaudet University Pr., ©2011    579 p.    $80.00    HV2474
978-1-56368-507-1

Four linguists at Gallaudet University — Miako Villanueva coming on board with this edition — update their textbook introducing the structure of American Sign Language (ASL) to undergraduate students who are fluent users of the language. Changes in the field as well as classroom experience teaching from the book have informed the changes. A new chapter has been added on syntax to join others on the main areas of linguistic study: phonology, morphology, semantics, and language in use. Several new readings are also included. The disk demonstrates figures in the text, then presents a number of stories, poems, and conversations in ASL. The first edition was published in 1995, and the previous in 2005. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)