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Author
Bainy B. Cyrus
Publisher
CreateSpace

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Why do most deaf people hold their breath in when talking? Because they don't realize that air is supposed to be exhaled during speech - something they cannot hear.

In Bainy Cyrus's All Eyes, she tells about her life growing up in both the deaf and the hearing world. Bainy first attended Clarke School for the Deaf in Northampton, MA, where she learned to speak and struggled with language development. It was typical for a deaf child to cope with delayed English language in the 1960s and 1970s. After seven years at Clarke, Bainy began to face difficulties in regular school but eventually overcame obstacles in the hearing world, at times with heartbreak and humor. She also relates the importance of her lifelong friendships with two girls Cheryl and Diane she met at Clarke, and how the different paths that they took influenced her as an adult.

www.alleyesbook.com

Winner of 2010 Readers' Favorite Silver in the memoir/autobiography category and 2010 Premier Silver in the same category

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I loved that this book explored the different sides of hearing loss (deaf/HOH) without being judgemental or bringing into it the often highly charged debate that goes on. She simply provided facts or experiences from her own life and those of her friends. It was a truly accurate picture of the challenges and triumphs a person with hearing lsos can experience. It was nice to seet hat their was not a sense of disatisfaction with choice that were made for her growing up, both by her parents and in the schools she attended. My daughter has a hearing loss and it was very beneficial to read from the perspective of an older child and how she viewed the world and waht was going on.

She has done an excellent job of not only dispelling myths about hearing loss nad deafness but also in weaving her own stories in with factual information to produce an interesting read. The author found a way to tell her story and touch the hearts of her readers without portraying a need to pity or look down on her. She clearly showed how she triumphed over the adversity she encountered and how it formed her as a person. She did an excellent job at sharing factual information for those unaware of some of the greater intriciaces of the deaf/HOH world.

A great read for a parent of a HOH child/adult or anyone who works with children or adults with heairng loss.

Thanks for the insight into your life.

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Reviewed on 02/22/2012 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Tara Gauthier

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