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Hear and now / Vermillion Films, Inc., HBO Documentary films presents ; produced, written and directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky.

[United States] : HBO Documentary Films, [2009]

©2009.

1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

A documentary memoir following a filmmaker's deaf parents as they receive a complex surgical implant, which allows them to experience sound for the first time.

"Hear and Now is a deeply personal memoir by Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky about her deaf parents' decision to undergo risky cochlear implant surgery -- the only surgery of its kind that can restore hearing. At 65, Sally and Paul Taylor decided they want to hear their children's voices, their first symphonies, and talk on the phone. This fascinating, 85-minute documentary follows the couple's complex, moving journey from the silent world they knew to a new -- and often profoundly challenging -- world of sound. Interweaving home video footage with behind-the-scenes moments of the Taylors before and after their operations, on doctors' visits, and in their daily lives, the films is a touching and highly emotional exploration of the psychological dimensions of adapting to a restored sense of hearing. Having been hearing impaired their entire lives, the Taylors must learn to recognize what they are hearing and, in the process, discover just how subjective the sense of hearing can be" -- Back cover.

TV-14.

Taylor, David.

Taylor, Paul.

Taylor, Sally.

Brodsky, Irene Taylor.

Deaf parents.

Hearing.

Children of deaf parents.

Cochlear implants.

Documentary films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Brodsky, Irene Taylor, producer, screenwriter, director, cinematographer, film editor, narrator.

Diack, Crofton, cinematographer.

Goodman, Joel (Joel Scott), composer.

Taylor, Paul.

Taylor, Sally.

Wayman, John.

Hewlett, Mildred.

Orlando, Mark.

Hewlett, J.E.

Taylor, David.

Macaulay, Lucy Taylor.

HBO Documentary Films.

Vermillion Films, Inc.

Sundance 2007 - Audience Award: Documentary

Title from container.

Originally was produced in 2007.

Cinematography, Irene Taylor Brodsky, Crofton Diack ; edited by Irene Taylor Brodsky ; original music by Joel Goodman.

Narrator, Irene Taylor Brodsky.

Subjects, Paul Taylor, Sally Taylor. Other participants: Irene Taylor Brodsky, John Wayman., Mildred Hewlett, Mark Orlando, J.E. Hewlett, David Taylor, Lucy Taylor Macaulay.

DVD ; English 2.0 ; aspect ratio: 4:3.

Closed-captioned.

Winner, Audience Award: Documentary, 2007.

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DVD 305.9085 Hear and