Written for professionals, students and anyone who has a deaf person in his or her life. Delves into the language, culture, community and daily lives of those living in the DEAF-WORLD. The opening pages immerse you into deaf culture right away as Bahan introduces himself, briefly summarizing his life and education and then proceeds to introduce his fellow writers in a similar manner. This is how any deaf individual would respond when meeting one another. [Harlan Lane, Robert Hoffmeister, Ben Bahan; (1996) 513 pages; soft cover]