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Making Sense in Sign: A lifeline for a deaf child by Jenny Froude

by Jenny Froude

(Multilingual Matters, 14.95, ISBN: 1-85359-628-0, 01275 876519)

Reviewed by Collette Drifte, special needs consultant

I started to read this book with my professional hat on and partway in I had to change headgear and continue from a personal point of view.

Jenny Froude is the mother of a baby who was left profoundly deaf after meningitis. This is her account of her determination to help Tom, her son, communicate. She makes a strong case for encouraging deaf children to sign as a means of communication, with many anecdotes of how Tom's success is the result of his signing skills. Practitioners new to this field would need to read counter- arguments to form a balanced opinion.

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