When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf

''Impassioned, polemical, at times even virulent, the author shows immense scholarship, powers of historical reconstruction, & deep empathy for the world of the deaf.'' ''The unimaginable world of those who have been born deaf is made almost imaginable by Lane s account of their history.'' ''The author' s passion & directness are delivered through the mouth of one of his subjects, himself deaf, who became an intellectual leader of the deaf community in France & then in America. The story he tells is extraordinary & is perhaps the best illustration of what it means to see the condition & the patient as a whole.''