Telegram-herald., 1888-02-15
THE DEAF AND DUMB
row oeAF-AUTEs Ass EDUCATED
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slrue1or ~ishln - ~zis dasiaz sAs pGss
forty ysars fha ssaesaer pssv1.iss aizssslf
VIA t~slFs g5lerss. 80 aanlea Il whieh,
easoFassing Az tbs lesssrs o. sas .paabeg. ara
~rittea zpoA a Dashboard lie points -
enc of ths 9olscss aad sA<a q Is aarzs upon
tas Ooard, rspea4a< tbs process sasi ths
p.sfl catches tho d. tAAt ths ~rittea word
represents ms arslcis, sA1 can hlaaself poins
- s1s -srd ~aen sAs tsaeher toaeaes ths ob-
Jsct TIA. rspsate1 IA ooanectloa .ith
can ~ tns other articles uasli tas pupil .
ails - .-sosl.ts sas name ~lth tie oejsrt as
sasht fhsn sAs puVil - taught - gel ths
~oras - ths manual siphab~t. after which
TIE leaehsF repsats the letters in slphabsrlc
order requiring the pupil 70 point out each
letter Is ls occurs IN the list OF words On TIE
board Next the pupil y taasht 70 write
tlis rorcs ey copy.ag thsm IRON Dis books,
and tA~n 70 srlts them without copy when
ever ths corresponding words are shown
them
" nsn tniz hss been accomplished the mute
l. taaght The szs Of the personal pFonouns IN
eonnection with verb simple sentence,
s'ich zs '.rogcr she xey,s Is written upon the
beard. .nd tAs pupss ara required 70 pass IN
single de ana perform tns task dsxxra.ed
Thea ne teacher writes the question. What
did yoa dor and each pupsl Is required 70
write, " touched th- ksvr " hsn this lesson
= thoroughly earned the i've Of the other
personal Pr0nouss = taught IN similar mar
nsr Then BY degrees the ad jecsivs, the rel
awe and as-nonstrarivs prosouns. tae moods
aid lenses Of the vero, the varied forEns Of
the pr-dicsss cf the English sentence, the use
Of abstract terms ard What may DO called
Zngtsn dom are suceessivsiy developed Oh
substantially the saFss priaciPis
TAU0HT LIP kxADfxs
When Tho pupil has made sufficient pro-
gress 10 . prepared FOR conversation with
speaking peopls by articulation and lip read
ing TEis 10 impaired by system recently
devised oy Dr. Psss The dspartmsut de-
voted - Il 5 under tns direction OF Professor
T. Henry Currier 10 - basess upon the fact
that AL sound ksls rs fixed, definite position
upca The lips. and the mate is taught to
watch ths speakers lips snd other organs Of
srcech so accurately 10 discover the words
uttered, Dos by context or guess work bet
by absolute rscognition os the.F phonic els-
unents. Cnder this system 10 becomes pos
nb.e for a mute and Speaking person to carry
ON Al extended conversation afon almost
any subjec- The articulation Of the mute
J.. OF coarse. crude, and, in sonic cases, un-
pleasant TO a sensitive car, but il rarely hap
rers that u u 80 iadistinct as 20 be unintelli-
giole.
Ia connection with this systsrn there are
two departments n the institution for deaf
childrea. One - ccnaPosed OF children hav-
Ing sufficient degree of hearing 20 enable
them % repest sounds after the teacher. and
yet not sufficient quieiness of hssrin, to en-
able them 70 Gttaen significance thereto. and
thus learn language n t4io usual way. The
o.Eer class. wLIeh Is larger. Is composed OF
taose 20 whom lhe tones ef the human voice,
their own a. veil as that of Others have
ben revealed for the first time through
flexible ear tubr
Not very long ago il wns considered i'm
possible % educate the hearing and develop
the speech OF these peopls - az TO place them
absolutely upon thc same level with speak
Ing and hearing persons. But tie seeming
iraposSb;li,y has been ovsrcoms by simple
contrivancs inveatsd by Professor Currier.
This consists Of piece and two tubes
with = mouth piece attached TO each. The
pupil places the ear tube in his ear, and the
teacher frss speaks through one tubs. Then
th- pupil, through the other tube, repeats the
words sounds that have been uttered TO
him through the frsc tube. thus enabling
him 70 compare his own eauncistion with
that Of his Instructor. and o. repeated trials
20 obtain such control over ms voice rs 10 50
cur. the reproduction with clssrness and pre-
cision TIE success obtained with this in
srumsnt Is simply remarkable.