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322 BCE
ancient greeks
322 388 B.C. Ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, pronounced that Deaf people could not be educated without hearing stating "it is impossible to reason without the ability to hear" and "Those who are born deaf all become senseless and incapable of reason".
427-347 B.C.: Ancient Greek philosopher Plato believes in his book Plato's Cratylus that all people were born with innate intelligence and it must be nurtured or developed. Without speech, deaf people had primitive thoughts. -
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Christans view being deaf as a sin
Between 345 and 550 being deaf is considered a sin by Christians. -
1500
Geronimo Cardano teaches his son to speak using symbols
Geronimo Cardano of Padua attempts to teach his deaf son using a code of symbols. -
Juan Pablo
Juan Pablo Bonet writes the first well-known book of manual alphabetic signs for the deaf. -
French sign language dictionary
Charles Michel De L’Eppe publishes a dictionary of French sign language. -
First deaf school was founded
In 1817 Gallaudet was founded -
Baseball Hand Signals
William "Dummy" Hoy , the first deaf Major League baseball player, was the reason umpires adopted the hand signals "out", "safe", and "strike". -
The Football Huddle
The Gallaudet University football team invented the football huddle to keep the opponents from eavesdropping on the quarterback in American Sign Language. -
Vacuum tube hearing aid
Earl C. Hanson patents the first vacuum-tube hearing aid. -
Committee of silent sports
The International Committee of Silent Sports (CISS) iss founded on August 16 by E.
