When the Phone Rings, My Bed Shakes: The Memoirs of a Deaf Doctor

by Philip Zazove

Born almost totally deaf, Philip Zazove has spent his entire life beating the odds first by excelling in public schools during an era when most deaf children went to special schools, then by aspiring to become a medical doctor. When the Phone Rings, My Bed Shakes is the remarkable story of his determination and achievement in realizing his dreams.

Despite his stellar record at Northwestern University, Zazove was rejected by a host...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563680246
• ISBN13: 9781563680243
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Book for hearing and the deaf.

I am going deaf due to a tumor and this is the best book I have read yet. It is not easy going from hearing to deaf at 39 and I am trying to understand what it is I will be going through in the next couple of years and this book has been of great help. I wish Philip, MD Zazove would wirte more books.I recomend this to anyone who is hearing or Deaf or HOH.He explains everything in simple terms and he is very funny.He wrote about things I never would have thought of.I am glad I found his book.

The biography of a deaf doctor

Excellent autobiography & well worth reading. I should explain here that I prefer biographies that do not indulge in psychoanalysis of the biographee. For this reason, I often prefer those that are written in first person & those that are written by the person himself/herself. Zazove does an excellent job. His writing is very clear & flows well. His life story is interesting, if for no other reason than to dispel so many of the hearing people's assumptions about those who lack hearing. I did find the chronology a little hard to follow, as he jumps back & forth between his current practice in Utah & his childhood & academic career. He says little about his childhood, probably because it was very normal with little by way of shocking or horrifying events. Highly recommended for those who like biographies/autobiographies and for those who are interested in the life of a deaf doctor.