New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-24
READ BY TIE LIPS.
THE SYSTEM FOR INSTRCCTlNG MuIES'
IT is ESPECIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO PEESoNs
WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HEARING SINCE


WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HEARING SINCE
THEIR Youth
Persons who do not hear well and who have not
discovered the ways and means for nearing Win
OIL, cars Will be Interested to know that system
is being taught 10y which the eyes are maze To
do service for hearing purposes and by when the
powers Of observation are shdrpened 10 Such d" ~
tent that the deaf person experiences niue '''o"
venience. Where operations have been p'rioiI"''
70 arrest the progress of ear trouble ana where
only partial relief has been gained. where IN" pa
tient remains partly but ncurabN deaf. the STUDY
of this system is highly recommended ny phIs'-
clans who have given the subject attention
"Such people" said a physician. dislike TO say
or TO have 1t known that they are deaf. Notice
them in a room where a general cohNersa'o" y
going on and YOU VIII find that they bend forward
TO catch every sound of the voice. then they siyN
turn an ear outward with a half hidden moVeih'"
of the hand. then the hand Is raised 10 'he ear
palr out to catch every sound. and finally the
Mica is made: Talk a little louder. I am Just
little hard Of hearing All this time the STRAIN
has been a terrible one enough to exhaust an orIi-
nary person in a comparatively short time Inc
larger The company the greater the strain.
This same person." CONTINUED the doctor would
not mind wearing spectacles II his eyes were "edH
but he shrinks naturally from having MS heshoo'S
know that his hearing is not good
|, was explained that many o; these afflicted p@o-
ple have ways for following conversations ana
when they manage 10 keep the speakers III
sight they rarely at loss as TO what IS oe'hS
said They note carefully the movements OF me
lips and the facial expressions OF the speakers ana
become interested and take part in conversations
Of which they really do not hear one word
Those deaf persons who do not possess this GIT
have a hard time OF 1t. They are silent members
in their circles-business or social-afer which they
begin to appreciate that this is the case and that
their presence retards general conversation II
those who take part would be polite. The sign
language oycrcomcs this difficulty, but the average
man is not educated IN it.
There Is nothing in the theory. Three gone
ra lions OF the Bell family have given tn" subject
the closest attention and the most careful study.
and the discoveries by Alexander Graham Bell have
been OF great benefit to the human family.
DR. Samuel Sexton says. The art Of teaching The
deaf how TO read from the lips and by observing
the features OF those who talk .s IN my opinion. Of
more Importance than teaching deaf mutes 1t is
necessary teach those who lost their sens" %
hearing after they had received their cIuca % AMI
who were absolutely compelled 10 seek remedy
because such people usually hit upon the plan which
! recommend instnctively. | could name scores Of
cases Of that kind For instance cas-"
short time wherr the patient was perfectly az,
| yet when she while spoke she understood
all that said ana answered without any h'-lti-
ton. This young woman lost her mother when she
was about weve years Old. and IL d-volyed on her
to look after household and take her mother
place In many ways. She was grow lnS a"at men.
but She WAS - apt in reading from III" lips and IN
preston that few of her friends knew nat ner h-ar-
Ing not normal. Il WAS IA cas- ol must Win
her"
The doctor told OF many similar cases and said
that h. had seen number Of persons who coHI
apparently hear anything that vas sdN io thon
when ,hev the speaker. but who did not hear
word when the speakers back wa turned toward
them.
This science Of observation Is nos being taught IN
rad many years experience a. speech specials.
Glasses have been organizei which meet at no. ~
West Twenty-nrst-st for Instruction and practice,
and many deaf persons taking advantage Of the
~ to GaaG one z 1H 70 TAX g P9
book which she has written on the subject Tact
is the great essential for the adult who Is growing
deaf he needs presence Of mind on all Occasions
OF social Intercourse. even If they bc limited to
fcssionaI associates In the INST place. b" should
command the situation. and NOT let any person -
to si,eak and A. far as possible. should hold con
versation in hls own hands The very effort mus
attentive condition VIII keep him IN touch with
others. , - 49, .,, A. income.
Dr sexton thinks mat yqung people wh2ie sr ,i
OF hearing is impaired should " p9sS6lc iake
Lessons in the Warren system. II heir disease Is
OF the progressive Kind ard II ihey should , b,,
come totally deaf the kno~iedSe gained would
mike The aii'ic:lon much easier - bear. - show
that the hearing % children rs frequently detective
DR.. Sexton said that ne had iound ~ one SCOOP
IN his CITY scvonty-siX cases Of impaired hearing
Or ali the pupils examined by IN" same physician,
/ an average OF T. per cent mad decided DEFECT II
an ear or In both Deafness has become 80 prey
aient among children that one authority INSISTS
that every irattentive child should nave us ears
/ examined.
! Miss Warren says: census returns give sur
prising accounts OF the number o. totally dca' per
/ sons-socailcd deaf mutes-to b" found IN TINS
country II was estimated in 1851 thai there was
one 20 less than every Lon haDitah'si ana tne
Census % 1870 gives larger per cent II ~ "Sii,
mated that there are about three hundred Thousand
persons In the United state jnd"r INeniy nv"
years old who have grown dca: since th"lr teens
TO this large class the system taught by Miss
Warren must be Of great Interest