Deaf Hearing Boy: A Memoir (Deaf Lives Series, Vol. 2)
Born in 1938, R. H. Miller was the oldest of four hearing boys with deaf parents in Defiance, Ohio, a small agricultural community. Deaf Hearing Boy is Miller's compelling account of the complex dynamics at work in his family, including the inter-generational conflicts in which he found himself, the oldest child of deaf adults (CODA), caught in the middle. \ In 1942, Miller's family moved to Toledo so that his father could find work. There, they fared well during World War II because his...
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Miller (emeritus English, U. of Louisville, Kentucky) recounts his years as a hearing son of Deaf parents, from his birth in 1938 to his departure for college in 1956. His experience is characterized by the move to the city, then back to the farm, and the impact on his parents of losing the large and flourishing Deaf community; and the tension between his parent and him, and between them and his grandparents. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Library Journal Miller (English, emeritus, Univ. of Louisville) offers a glimpse into the deaf world from his perspective as a CODA-a child of deaf adults-relating a life spent navigating the often treacherous waters between the hearing and deaf worlds. Raised in the 1940s and 1950s, Miller writes of his family's struggles, both financial and familial. In typical 1930s fashion, his parents were educated in a strict boarding school for the deaf, where they learned few skills for surviving in a hearing world. Marrying against the wishes of their hearing parents, Miller's mother and father struggled to provide for their growing family despite a lack of family support and the prejudices of the hearing world in general. In this account of Miller's coming of age, and the effect of having deaf parents, Miller offers an enlightening look at deaf culture. A good purchase where there is interest in the deaf world.-Ann Forister, Roseville P.L., CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
\ Library JournalMiller (English, emeritus, Univ. of Louisville) offers a glimpse into the deaf world from his perspective as a CODA-a child of deaf adults-relating a life spent navigating the often treacherous waters between the hearing and deaf worlds. Raised in the 1940s and 1950s, Miller writes of his family's struggles, both financial and familial. In typical 1930s fashion, his parents were educated in a strict boarding school for the deaf, where they learned few skills for surviving in a hearing world. Marrying against the wishes of their hearing parents, Miller's mother and father struggled to provide for their growing family despite a lack of family support and the prejudices of the hearing world in general. In this account of Miller's coming of age, and the effect of having deaf parents, Miller offers an enlightening look at deaf culture. A good purchase where there is interest in the deaf world.-Ann Forister, Roseville P.L., CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.\ \
