Katherine Bouton on May 28, 2013
“I love my language of lyricals, my second tongue. When others speak, I and millions of others like me hear only the contours of an elusive language to which, in the rapid course of conversation, we endeavor to give meaning.” Gerald Shea, who lost much of his hearing at age 4, writes about how he negotiated a high-powered world under unimaginably difficult circumstances.
“I love my language of lyricals, my second tongue. When others speak, I and millions of others like me hear only the contours of an elusive language to which, in the rapid course of conversation, we endeavor to give meaning.” Gerald Shea, who lost much of his hearing at age 4, writes about how he negotiated a high-powered world under unimaginably difficult circumstances.