How long does it take to read Deaf in America?
Carol Padden, Tom Humphries, Carol A. Padden, Tom L. Humphries
Deaf in America by Carol Padden, Tom Humphries, Carol A. Padden, Tom L. Humphries takes about 2 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 27 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1988. 134 pages, about 36,850 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 32 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Refusing to accept the limitations others have placed on the deaf, the authors -- themselves deaf -- argue for a deaf culture, one united by and expressed through the American Sign Language.
Subjects: Deafness, Taubstummheit, Deaf, Psychosoziale Situation, Sourds, Sociology, Social Studies
