Deafness Gain? It?s the opposite of hearing loss.Set in Melbourne, Australia, during the 1970s, Deafness Gain continues the storytold in Deafness Down. Having left school, Mike embarks on a career inaccountancy. But he falls in with a crowd of young deaf people. The profound easeof communication transforms him, and leads to an exploration of deafness. Beingwith deaf people, Mike learns to connect with hearing people, and reaches out toa world far wider than the expectations of family and career.With humour and vulnerability, Mike navigates the unexpected twists andchaos of life, and gains increasingly sophisticated insights into deafness. Frombelieving deafness to be a deficiency and a problem to be fixed, Mike realises itcould be something else entirely.This memoir ends in a powerful and moving climax. A mere half-dozen wordsspoken to Mike by a hearing woman reach to the core of personal identity.Deafness Gain is a revelation in the way it presents deafness.
| Author: Michael Uniacke |
| Publisher: Tuq Publications |
| Publication Date: Mar 03, 2016 |
| Number of Pages: 302 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback/Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN-10: 0992589940 |
| ISBN-13: 9780992589943 |
