The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-28
Dnmbness With Deafness.

r s'rh piepateh 'pl %ether Or not a.
raH ep E , Meo eou 1 ba
In other words, Is there anything the
mntter With the voice ,,,, Or ,,, po,ye5r OF
speech q deaf ana aum ~ peLs saf child
to talk proceeds from deafness ana y
this deafness, could be removed the .r, chiid
could soon be taught TO spcak.--Ilmes'
| Dispatch.
pr ys Isa1 almost = Invariably from deaf:
ness, and not from any malformation Or
OF tho children received into schools for
the deaf have normally developed yocnA
organs They can produce purely na,tu-
| raj sounds as naturally as Go hearing
! children. but they have no conception o.
the dlfferentlnl elements Of speech. SIN m
J ply because they have never heard tho
that have attended the deaf department.
OF this school up TO the present present. thn me-
fnd but snele Of speee was
| due to undeveloped local organs. In
that exceptional case the boy could fea
perfectly. and could readily un ti;ta1 n
spoken Language, but could not utter an
articulate sound.
We venture to give q little further In
agd tns nta two gen.
erai classes-tlle congenitn deaf and
the adventttious deaf. As rule. those
born asaf s ete ofspaT Of e
i inl marriages. Upon this latter, subject
We quote from thu. recent report Of Pr Pr:
Pennsylvania institution. for the Deaf.
one of the largest schools OF It's KIND IN
Such parentage (consanguineous) par
! ticuIarly In cnses where there Is also
an Inherited tendency to the defect pre-
sent undoubtedly results in TIE prodirnsc e
liability 10 the defect seems to be eve. even
greater In the intermarriage OF second
cousins than OF first cousins. Dr. 2. a.
and and tho invesig atoms 81 men Of sc'ep-
tif1c attainment abroad, especially IN
France and IN Germany. have brought 70
facts In regard to inherited and consan-
gulneous deafness. 1t is certain that the
defect nay BE tsa ons ana !.
cies arc greatly intensified by consnn-
guinity. Not only is deafness thus pro-
created through ne ea a. one bus 'sni
laws, but tho allied defects OF blindness.
feeble-mindedness and insanity are, as
ton to generation in the same manner,
The intermarriage of the deaf, espe-
cially the congenltal deaf. Is also ire
quentiy regarded as contributing in very
great degree to the continuance and
spread OF this unfortunate defect. While
this may be and probably Is true Of the
particularly If consanguinity be present.
the statistics thus far collected concerns
| ing the intermarrlage OF the adventurous
deaf do not substantiate the charge. The
| children of the latter almost always hear.
while the children OF the former very
| often. not always, are deaf.
! But the congenital deaf constitute only
| about forty per cent. of the deaf popu-
| latlon. The remaining sixty per cent.
! have lost hearing az the result OF sick
| ness or accident, The diseases most ike
| ~ to produce deafness are in the order
| named, scarlet fever, spinal meningitis.
| catarrh and measles.
! Among the children, the impairment
| of speech or It's total loss follows inevit-
ably the loss OF hearing. Even adults who
| become deaf lose modulating control OF
| the voice. When a child awakes to con-
| seriousness after a long. illness and finds
Itself in q world, of silence its own In
| to talk and kept in daily. almost constant
| practice. tho power OF speech Will retro
| grade until 1t Is lost.
| In all schools for the deaf nowadays,
| there Is department of articulation,
intended primarily for such pupils as
retain in aes anfer me oweE
p ppupIs are ret taught In separate classes.
| which only speech and written language
| are used. Recltations are conducted very
| much as they arc IN ordinary schools.
questions and answers being given orally.
Special attention Is given to me ne, training
speech which child may retain upon
| entering schools are cultivated and Inn
| proyed All semi-mutes are now taught
| By the oral method, and many, congenltal
| mutes are taught to- speak WITH suftlcent
| clearness to be understood. IN some Of
! superseded the use of manual signs.
| --CondSon Gazette.