What is it like inside the life of a person who cannot hear, whose reality is silence? In eloquent, sensitive style, Herbert Collingwood admits us to his deaf world where there are times of beauty and terror, humor and frustration, but always joy. He deals with such realities as “Head Noises and Subjective Audition,” “The Whispering Wire,” and ''The Terror That Flieth By Night.” Collingwood has authored many books such as, “Andersonville Violets,” “Hope Farm Notes,” and numerous articles on agriculture. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Introduction
03:40 - Chapter 2
Terrors that are Imaginary
17:09 - Chapter 3
On the Road to Silence
29:04 - Chapter 4
Head Noises and Subjective Audition
20:38 - Chapter 5
Facing the Hard Situation
33:03 - Chapter 6
A Heart for Any Fate
21:01 - Chapter 7
Memories of Early Life
19:39 - Chapter 8
Experimenting With the Deaf Man
25:10 - Chapter 9
Companions in Trouble
27:02 - Chapter 10
The Approach to Silence
21:51 - Chapter 11
Mixing Word Meanings
18:24 - Chapter 12
The Whispering Wire
27:04 - Chapter 13
"No Music in Himself'"
27:39 - Chapter 14
Silence Not Always Golden
24:04 - Chapter 15
Cases of Mistaken Identity
18:26 - Chapter 16
All in a Lifetime
21:38 - Chapter 17
''Such Tricks Hath Strong Imagination''
25:39 - Chapter 18
''The Terror That Flieth By Night''
28:03 - Chapter 19
''Grouch'' or Gentleman
24:39