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Educational Audiology Handbook

A .pdf of this review is available.

Textbook revision

The authors are Cheryl DeConde Johnson - The ADVantage - Audiology, Deaf education Vantage consulting;
Adjunct faculty – University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Northern Colorado, University of Arizona
and Jane Seaton
ISBN-10: 1418041300 ISBN-13: 9781418041304

Cheryl DeConde Johnson, Ed.D., is a former consultant with the Colorado Department of Education where she was
responsible for deaf and hard of hearing disabilities and audiology services from 1998-2006. In this position she
provided technical assistance and leadership for deaf education, educational interpreting, and educational audiology
services statewide. Prior to employment at the Department of Education, Cheryl was an educational audiologist and
program coordinator for the deaf and hard of hearing program for 22 years in the Greeley-Evans School District in
Greeley, Colorado, and also a regional coordinator for the Colorado Home Intervention Program. At this time, Cheryl
maintains an active consulting practice focusing on program evaluation and development, while continuing to pursue
various research and writing projects. She conducts trainings in deaf education for the National Association of State
Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) as well as individual work with various state education agencies across the
US and internationally. She maintains adjunct faculty positions with the University of Colorado, Boulder, the
University of Northern Colorado, and the University of Arizona. Cheryl is a co-founder of Hands & Voices and serves
as President of the Board of Directors. Her achievements have been recognized by the American Academy of
Audiology, American Speech-Language Hearing Association, the University of Northern Colorado, and Phonak (who
has established an award in her name). Cheryl has also raised a deaf daughter, now grown, who has provided the
joy of two engaging grandsons.

Jane Seaton, M.S., is a private consultant in audiology and communication disorders and has spent more than 40
years working in a variety of settings with families and children who have experienced hearing loss. She developed
and administered a model regional educational program for students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing and
currently serves as parent advisor, mentor, and consultant for early intervention programs for infants and toddlers
with sensory disabilities. An invited faculty member for the ASHA Audiology 2010 Virtual Conference, Jane is
presently a stakeholder in the Georgia EHDI program and is working with a project targeting literacy for Georgia
students who are deaf and hard of hearing. A recipient of Honors from the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, she has served on the Georgia Licensure Board for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and is
a former board member of the American Academy of Audiology and the Educational Audiology Association.

Deaf around the World
The Impact of Language
Edited by Gaurav Mathur and Donna Jo Napoli

Deaf around the World is a compendium of work by scholars and activists on the creation, context, and form of sign
languages, and on the social issues and civic rights of Deaf communities. Renowned contributors such as James
Woodard, Yerker Andersson, and Paddy Ladd offer new histories and overviews of major topics. Each chapter is followed
by a response from a preeminent thinker in the field. The volume includes studies of sign languages and Deaf
communities in Australia, Brazil, Britain, China, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar,
Nicaragua, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.

Paperback | 416 pp. 83 illus. | 2010 | $39.95 $27.95