What it Means to be Deaf --

Types of Hearing Loss --

Causes of Deafness --

Testing the Degree of Deafness --

Audiograms --

Degree of Hearing Loss --

Testing for Hearing Loss --

Hearing Aids --

Cochlear Implants --

Cochlear Implants and Sign Language --

Ways of Looking at Deafness --

Medical Model of Deafness? --

Linguistic Model of Deafness? --

Family Reactions to Deafness --

Questions Related to Medical Aspects of Deafness --

Introducing the Issues of a Linguistic Model of Deafness --

Questions Related to Linguistic Aspects of Deafness --

Finding a Balance --

The Young Deaf Child --

Family and Professionals --

Issues for the Family --

Issues for the Child --

Nature of Support for Families --

Home and the Wider World --

The Deaf Child --

Experiences in the Family --

Experiences of Communication --

Experiences of Education --

Experience of the Wider World --

The Deaf Child's Development --

The Young Deaf Person --

Language Choices at Home --

What is Communication? --

Identifying Deaf Children's Communication Needs --

Language Choices at Home --

Deaf Children and Sign Language --

Becoming Bilingual --

Defining Bilingualism --

Deafness and Bilingualism --

Deaf and Hearing Bilingual Language Proficiency --

Cultural Issues --

Deaf and Hearing Bilingual Language Development --

Factors Affecting a Child's Continued Bilingual Development --

Deaf Children and Sign Language --

An Introduction to Sign Language --

Other Signing Systems --

Describing Sign Bilingual Deaf Children --

Paths to Bilingualism --

Bilingual Education.