History of Deaf Culture

By Pfarley

  • Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet Meet

    Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet Meet
    Gallaudet University - The Legacy Begins

  • First American School for the Deaf opens

    First American School for the Deaf opens
    The first school for the deaf was in Hartford, CT

  • Texas School for the Deaf opens

  • National Deaf Mute College opens

    National Deaf Mute College opens
    This college later changed its name to Gallaudet University.

  • Milan Conference

  • "The French Chef"

    Captioning is introduced. "The French Chef" was the first show to be captioned on Television.

  • First Electric Hearing Aid

    First Electric Hearing Aid
    First Hearing Aid