Bibliograph

Song without words, discovering my deafness halfway through life, Gerald Shea

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Song without words, discovering my deafness halfway through life, Gerald Shea

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-297) and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Song without words

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

836875816

Responsibility statement

Gerald Shea

Sub title

discovering my deafness halfway through life

Summary

Reveals how the author discovered at the age of thirty-four that he had been partially deaf since childhood and shares how he compensated through his amazing ability to translate the melody of vowels

Table Of Contents

Cover; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 The Invisible Curtain; 2 House of Mysteries; 3 Voices in the Air; 4 A Schoolboy's Lyricals; 5 Gaudeamus; 6 Law School Mysteries; 7 Language in Air, Language in Light; 8 The Sounds of Silence; 9 A Voice Untouched; 10 Glass, Steel, and Babel; 11 All-Nighters and Ulcers; 12 Friends and Foes; 13 Poetry and Burnout; 14 Paris in Lyricals; 15 "Shea's Not Getting It!"; 16 A Brain on Overtime; 17 Hearing Aids at Last; 18 The Wind in the Willows; 19 Almost Whole; 20 Lilacs and Minarets; 21 International Counsel22 Prague, Budapest, and the Limits of Technology23 Life as a Lyrical?; 24 Freedom; 25 A Second Peace; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Index; About the Author

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