Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-164) and index.
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"They were just like everyone else" -- The history of Martha's Vineyard -- The origins of vineyard deafness -- The genetics of vineyard deafness -- The island adaptation to deafness -- Growing up deaf on the vineyard -- Deafness in historical perspective -- "Those people weren't handicapped" -- Appendix A. Oral and written sources -- Appendix B. Perceived causes of vineyard deafness.
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Everyone here spoke sign language.
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Deaf-- Massachusetts-- Martha's Vineyard-- History.
Deafness-- Genetic aspects.
Sign language.
Deafness-- epidemiology-- Massachusetts.
Manual Communication-- Massachusetts.
Deaf.
Deafness-- Genetic aspects.
Doven.
Gebarentaal.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics