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A collection of fourteen essays by well-known scholars that presents a review of the Deaf experience in the Western Hemisphere during the past four centuries. Beginning with Susan Plann's assessment of the rudiments of Deaf education in the 16th century and ending with Harlan Lane's perspective on cochlear implants, the text tries to undermine traditional bias and exposes a pattern of suppression. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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