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I teach the “word deaf”

I teach the “word deaf” II. Specific Language Disability" Word Deafness by LILLIAN CRAIG HE was eight years old. His parents stood by help- Yes, he could believe that Tommy was the first in the family to hear an airplane, or to hear a car coming lessly as he rolled over and over on the floor of the living room, screaming! Similar incidents had occurred up their driveway to the house. The boy understood several times, each worse than the one before. They sounds. But to him words were only sounds--sounds had tried whipping him but that had merely intensi- that didn't make sense. fied the trouble. For some time afterwards they could So this was the trouble! The parents now knew: see hate for them in the face that usually was ex- the spoken word did not mean to this child what it pressionless except for a strained look, a puzzled ex- did to others. When a bucket of food was handed to pression as he would stare up into his parents' faces. him with a wave of the hand toward the hog pen, he It was an appeal for help, help they did not know how could feed the hogs, but the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Dyslexia Springer Journals

I teach the “word deaf”

Craig, Lillian
Annals of Dyslexia , Volume 10 (1): 2 – May 1, 1960
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Springer Journals
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1960 The Orton Society Inc.
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0736-9387
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1934-7243
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10.1007/BF02661675
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II. Specific Language Disability" Word Deafness by LILLIAN CRAIG HE was eight years old. His parents stood by help- Yes, he could believe that Tommy was the first in the family to hear an airplane, or to hear a car coming lessly as he rolled over and over on the floor of the living room, screaming! Similar incidents had occurred up their driveway to the house. The boy understood several times, each worse than the one before. They sounds. But to him words were only sounds--sounds had tried whipping him but that had merely intensi- that didn't make sense. fied the trouble. For some time afterwards they could So this was the trouble! The parents now knew: see hate for them in the face that usually was ex- the spoken word did not mean to this child what it pressionless except for a strained look, a puzzled ex- did to others. When a bucket of food was handed to pression as he would stare up into his parents' faces. him with a wave of the hand toward the hog pen, he It was an appeal for help, help they did not know how could feed the hogs, but the

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Published: May 1, 1960

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