Deaf Like Me Sparknotes

When you hear someone is expecting a child, the first thing you think of is a perfectly healthy child, ten fingers, ten toes. We don’t think about the negatives, you know, blindness, handicapped, or even deafness. In 2002, Thomas and James Spradley with an epilogue by Lynn Spradley released a novel titled, Deaf Like Me. Parents, Tom and Louise, had a child, Bruce, and were expecting their second. In the summer of 1964, it was discovered Bruce had been diagnosed with German Measles, also known as, Rubella. Arriving at the doctor’s office, they were relieved to find out that Bruce’s Rubella was not the problem some and it would be fine. A quick turn of events took place when the doctor informed Louise that the German Measles could cause “congenital defects.” With nine months still left in her started pregnancy, fear filled her hopeful mind as well as Tom’s. Los Angeles, California became their new found destination after classes were completed at Carleton College, to visit Tom’s family. The old family doctor, Dr. Anderson, was also located in L.A. He requested for Louise to come in
This group would be the leeway to help teach Lynn to read lips and is using her voice. However, they realized the difficulty as they taught themselves and wondered how they could teach their daughter. As her second birthday passed, she was fitted for hearing aids, it took time and hard effort for her to wear them as they hurt her ears at first. It wasn’t long after that Oklahoma became their new found home where there were many other kids, a pond as well as a rope swing. Tom began school and teaching and Lynn found love for the ducks. As Lynn still was unable to understand what her family would say, she was put into a school for the deaf that used oral methods that encouraged and required children to