Final Thoughts on Deaf or Hard of Hearing Books

I really enjoyed reading stories about children who are deaf or are hard of hearing. It took me a really long time to find books about children who are deaf or hard of hearing. I could find informational books about being deaf or hard of hearing. I had to use the internet to find the stories. I went to several book stores, all of which said I would have to special order the books. Instead of ordering them, I decided to go to my local library. I searched the online card catalog and found a few books; none of them were in the same section of the library. There were only a few books that were not informational and all of them were from the 1970s. They have no new books and it took me a while to search around the library. There were a few books that I could not even find in the library.

Even the professional review was hard to find. I finally decided just to do a professional review on disabilities in general because I could not find one that related just to deaf or hard of hearing. I really wonder why this topic is so hard to find, especially since so many children have some sort of a hearing impairment.

I really wish that this topic was easier to find in bookstores and in the library. I am really disappointed that these books have to be special ordered. In the library, I was really upset that you have to ask the librarian to help you find the book because they are in different sections of the library. I really wish there was more books out there that do not have to be ordered off the internet or that someone has to wait to get.

Each of the books that I read, was about a female. I think that is an interesting aspect because females are not the only people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Two of the books are in black and white for children reading these books, they will not be interested in the pictures and therefore probably not engaged in the story. Two of the books talk about how the children go through tests and all of the books talk about how the children function in a hearing world.