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Ludwig Van Beethoven
Famous Musician, started going deaf in 1801; he did not let that stop him from making music. -
Hearing Aids
In the 1800s the first know hearing aid manufacturing company was established by Frederick C. Rein -
First American School for the Deaf
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc established the first American school for the Deaf. -
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Thomas Edison
Created the light bulb; deafness influenced his life and work. -
Deaf State is Proposed
John J. Flournoy proposed an idea for a Deaf state to the congress. -
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Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of Girl Scouts. Went deaf as a child/ young adult. -
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William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy
First deaf major league baseball player and a very talented baseball player. -
Formation of NAD
Founder was Edmund Booth. -
Milan Conference
International Conference for deaf educators; declartion was made that oral education was better than sign language. Sign Language was banned. -
Deaflympics
First known as International Silent Games -
Deaf Clubs
Major increase in Deaf Clubs all over the US in the 1940s and 1950s, today we still have some Deaf clubs. -
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I. King Jordan
First Deaf president at Gallaudet University after the DPN movement. -
Open Captions
Open-captioned movies started in 1949. -
Cochlear Implants
Research on CI started in the 1950s. -
TTY Machine
Robert Weitbrecht invented the teletypewriter, which allowed TTY owners to communication with each other. -
Closed Captions
1971 closed captioning was created for viewers who have a decoder for their televison set. -
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Heather Whitestone
Crowned Miss America in 1995. -
Deaf President Now
Protest at Gallaudet University for a Deaf president. -
Deaf Arts Festival
First Deaf Arts Festival. -
Not Deaf Enough
Protest in Gallaudet University claiming Fernandes is not Deaf enough to be president. -
Deaf Day Creation Museum
Creation Museum started Deaf day.