Seeing Voices
A Journey Into the World of the Deaf
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Davis
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Oliver Sacks - introduction
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By:
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Oliver Sacks
About this listen
Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait of a minority struggling for recognition and respect - a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. Seeing Voices is, as Studs Terkel has written, "an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work".
PLEASE NOTE: Some changes have been made to the original manuscript with the permission of Oliver Sacks.
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skip the book read the essay
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- J. Eastman
- 08-03-22
Great explanation of intricacies of deafness.
having a deaf child who is now a grown . I found this very helpful.
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- 10-29-23
Historically informative
I really enjoy Oliver Sacks work. This book did not disappoint provided great insight into the history of deafness and of the evolution of Gaudette university.
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- Polyhymnia
- 02-27-12
Fascinating Brain Science
From the author who has written many other books on the brain, this book is about how pre-lingual deafness differs from those who learned a spoken language before they lost their ability to hear. The connections of language to thought, the mis-assumptions of hearing people and the impact of using sign language has on the brain are wrapped together in a free-flowing, almost stream of consciousness. There were some bits that were technical enough so that I would like to re-read them. Most, however, was very understandable by the amateur.
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- atheous
- 10-02-15
Wonderful and awakening
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I've listened to all of Oliver's medical books, but overlooked Seeing voices again and again. "What's interesting about deafness?" I'd ask myself, and put it off. Just after Oliver died, I got this book as well. I found myself as he described himself; finding deafness uninteresting, thinking of sign language as not a language, but pantomime of sorts and thinking of the deaf as "handicapped".
I listened in wonder as if a veil was pulled back exposing a culture of it's own due completely to having it's own unique language and way of perceiving. This is such a fascinating book I listened in two sittings and wanted it to be twice as long, although I don't know what else he could cover.
If, like myself, you've been eyeing this one, go ahead and get it.
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- Douglas
- 11-27-12
A Rich Experience
What I expected when I purchased this book was what one usually gets in an Oliver Sacks book: a neurological examination of a form of perception. In fact, I thought it was a book about synesthesia (especially given the title). It is, rather, a rich and detailed history of the treatment (and, far too often mistreatment) of deafness in the Western world. I highly recommend this book not only for fans of Oliver Sacks who will enjoy this change of pace from this usual fare (which is, I must insist, itself quite good on the whole) but also for those who wish to understand the richness and challenges of the deaf community and the challenges that have faced them in Western culture for the past four hundred years.
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- Nancy M. Townsend
- 12-19-18
Informative
Oliver Sacks explores many interesting topics and does a wonderful job with each one. This one was quite interesting.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-06-20
Seeing Voices
This was an excellent book full of I have been interested in Deaf education for years and I appreciate the information.facts and Information.
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- That guy
- 08-19-15
short but fun
i really enjoyed this book because it has the typical knowledge and great storytelling sacks is known for. it also as usual includes his own take on the subject matter with insights and understanding
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- Luke Haas
- 08-11-16
Great concise book
need to read this for class. decided to listen on audiobook before class starts. had a great time, it really blew my mind learning about the minds of deaf people.
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- Arturo
- 04-28-14
Fascinating
I found this book to be really a matter of discovery. Discovery of a world of the deaf which lays hidden for most people. Sacks does a great job describing their culture, their language, their friction with a hearing society and the sometimes superhuman skills they acquire without sound.
A great experience on what is like to be human and experience the world in a way most of us never will. Davis' performance is excellent, and the foreword and afterword by Sacks himself is greatly welcomed.
I highly recommend it to anyone as a juicy first-taste into a much bigger topic.
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