The Sound of Silence: Growing Up Hearing with Deaf Parents

by Myron Uhlberg

Book Overview

An insightful memoir about growing up between the hearing and deaf worlds.

Myron Uhlberg was born the hearing son of two deaf parents at a time when American Sign Language was not well established and deaf people were often dismissed as being unintelligent. In this moving and eye-opening memoir, he recalls the daily difficulties and hidden joys of growing up as the intermediary between his parents' silent world and the world...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807531464
• ISBN13: 9780807531464
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7