Recommended Books/Videotapes/DVD’s
 Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?p=Bookstore#G0230
The AG Bells bookstore offers an extensive listing of books and videotapes on topics such as Early Intervention, Parenting, Advocacy, Cochlear Implants, Educational Management, Mainstreaming, Speech Development, and more. Spanish texts are also available. Full descriptions of each book are included. Books can be ordered on the web site.
Bridge to Sound with a 'Bionic' Ear
Written by Cynthia Farley, a cochlear implant user since 1995 and founder of Hear This Organization. The book tells the stories of parents trying to help their child, teenagers hearing for the first time and adults and seniors hearing again. It includes extensive research references as well as lists of resources for those seeking help with their hearing health decisions.
To order toll-free call 877-430-0044 or order online at www.HearThisOrg.com or (Barnes & Nobles) www.bn.com.
ISBN 0-9718546-02
Gallaudet University Press
http://gupress.gallaudet.edu/catalog.html
The 2005 Spring catalog offers a comprehensive selection of books on topics such as American Sign Language, Audiology, Children’s Books and Videos, Children’s Signed English, Classics in Deaf Studies, Deaf Culture, Deaf History, Parenting, Signed English, Special Education and more.
Hearing Center Online
http://hearingcenteronline.com/bjv.shtml
Offers Preschool/elementary, preteen/teen, and adult books and videos on hearing-related issues with direct purchase link through Barnes and Noble online.
HearingLoss.org
http://www.hearingloss.org/bookstore/index.asp
The Bookstore offers recommended books, audiotapes, and videotapes, all available for purchase on their web site. Also includes The Consumers Guide to Hearing Aids, a 24- page color booklet illustrating the different styles of hearing aids and comparing different models and features.
Listen-Up
http://www.listen-up.org/h_books/index.html
The Listen-Up bookstore provides a recommended list of books covering a wide variety of topics on the hearing impaired including Assistive Technologies, Audiology, Children’s Books, Cued Speech, Deaf Rights, Deaf Culture, Education, Listening, Parents, Sign Language, Speech Reading, Total Communication, and more. All the books are directly available for purchase through Amazon.com.
Oral Deaf Education
www.oraldeafed.org/materials/orderform-parents.html
Offers free materials for parents including resource kits and a film series on videocassette and CD-ROM.
 Signing Fiesta
www.signingfiesta.com
Provides quality educational videos to individuals in need of learning sign language through Spanish, English and Tagalog. This unique instructional series is geared toward Latino parents with deaf children who use American Sign Language or Signed English. Topics include Family, Food, Daily Activities and Visiting the Audiologist, among others.
Individual Book Titles:
Chute, PM and Nevins ME. (2002) The Parents’ Guide to Cochlear Implants. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. (Telephone: 800.621.2736; 888. 630.9347 (V/TTY). Web: http://gupress.gallaudet.edu)
Luterman, DM. (2002). When Your Child is Deaf: A Guide for Parents (2nd ed.). Parkton, MD: York Press. (Tel: 800.962.2763. Web: www.yorkpress.com/index.html)
Medwid, DJ. And Weston, DC. (1995). Kid-friendly Parenting with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: A Treasury of Fun Activities Toward Better Behavior. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press. (Telephone: 800.621.2736; 888. 630.9347 (V/TTY). Web: http://gupress.gallaudet.edu)
Anderson JF. (2004).My Hearing Loss and Me: We get along most of the time.
The Mainstream Center at Clarke School for the Deaf
A book for children focusing on communication and relationship issues in a child with a cochlear implant attending a mainstream school.Available for purchase at http://www.trafford.com/robots/03-0677.html
Educational Videos and DVDs:
Sound and Fury
Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature, this film follows the
intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and
and hearing members across generations. Available in DVD. For information:
www.pbs.org/wnet/soundandfury.
Dreams Spoken Here
This film will confirm your best feelings about what educators, parents and
technology can achieve through the oral education process. Most of all, it will show you how inspiring deaf children can be. Order free copies by calling toll-free 1-877-ORALDEAF or visit www.oraldeafed.org
* For other educational videos and DVDs on cochlear implants and how they work, consult these sites: www.cochlear.com, www.medel.com and www.bionicear.com.
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