I Can Hear You Whisper: An Intimate Journey Through the Science of Sound and Language. This item is unavailable.I Can Hear You Whisper: An Intimate Journey Through the Science of Sound and Language

“A skilled science translator, Denworth makes decibels, teslas and brain plasticity understandable to all.”—Washington Post
 
Lydia Denworth’s third son, Alex, was nearly two when he was identified with significant hearing loss that was likely to get worse. Denworth knew the importance of enrichment to the developing brain but had never contemplated the opposite: deprivation. How would a child’s brain grow outside the world of sound? How would he communicate? Would he learn to read and write?

An acclaimed science journalist as well as a mother, Denworth made it her mission to find out, interviewing experts on language development, inventors of groundbreaking technology, Deaf leaders, and neuroscientists at the frontiers of brain plasticity research. I Can Hear You Whisper chronicles Denworth’s search for answers—and her new understanding of Deaf culture and the exquisite relationship between sound, language, and learning.

LYDIA DENWORTH is a science journalist, author and speaker. She is a regular contributor to Scientific American and writes the Brain Waves blog for Psychology Today. Her work has also appeared in Newsweek, Time.com, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Vogue, Parents and many other publications.