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Silent
Communication
Chevas Samuels
Pauline Davies
COM100
ARISTOTLE (384 BC-322 BC)
Greek
Philosopher
who
established
first known
roots of
Western
thought
“People can only learn through hearing spoken
language.”
ST. BEDE, the VENERABLE
(c.673-26 May 735)
• English Monk at
Monastery of Saint Peter
at Monkwearmouth, wellknown Author/Scholar.
Most famous work: Historia
ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
(The Ecclesiastical History of
the English People)
also created…
BEDE’S
SYSTEM OF
FINGERCOUNTING
Created in 1724, this
system allows you to
count to 9000 with your
fingers.
According to Bede,
counting with fingers was
used as far back as 4000
years ago.
Juan Pablo de Bonet (c. 1573-1633)
A Spanish
Priest,
Language
Scholar, Soldier
and Secretary
in the Spanish
Army, de Bonet
was a pioneer
in educating
deaf people and
published the
first book on
deaf education
in 1620 Madrid.
ABBE CHARLES MICHEL DEL
L’EPEE (24 Nov 1712-23 Dec 1789)
Philanthropic
Educator in 18th
Century France.
Born to wealth in
Versailles, studied
to be a priest, but
denied after
refusing to
denounce
Jansenism. Studied
law, passed the bar
and then finally
ordained, but
denied a license to
officiate.
Established the first FREE public school for the deaf in
1771, attracting deaf children from all across France.
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1865, Gallaudet University’s charter was
signed by President Lincoln.
Named after Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, a noted figure
and activist for the advancement of deaf education.
Laura Bridgman
Born: Dec 21, 1829
Died: May 24, 1889
Bridgman was the FIRST
deaf-blind person ever to
be educated.
(Perkins School For the
Blind)
Helen Keller
Jun 27, 1880 - Jun 01, 1968
First Deaf-Blind person to
graduate college-with Honors.
Perkins School For the Deaf
and Blind & Radcliffe College
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell was a proponent of the
Oralism Method
(the system of teaching deaf
people to communicate by the
use of speech and lip-reading
rather than sign language)
He insisted deaf students could
and should learn to
communicate by learning to
speak and ONLY using speech
to communicate.
Dr. William Stokoe
Stokoe proved ASL
was a language with
its own syntax and
grammar.
Ex. English: What is
your name?
ASL: Your name,
what is it?
Total Communication Method
Total Communication
(TC) is an approach to
Deaf education, that
aims to make use of a
number of modes of
communication such
as signed, oral,
auditory, written and
visual aids, depending
on the particular
needs and abilities of
the child.
DPN-Deaf President Now!
On March 6, 1988
Gallaudet
University
students protested
their Board of
Trustees
appointment of a
hearing person as
their 7th President.
Dr. I. King Jordan
Heather Whitestone
Heather Leigh
Whitestone is a
former
beauty queen
who was the first
deaf person to
become Miss
America (1995).
Haben Girma
Haben is the FIRST
Deaf-blind Graduate of
Harvard University Law
Here, Haben is Honored by the White
House as a ‘Champion of Change.’
Famous Deaf & H.O.H
Can you name them?
Let’s Sing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjln9OMOw-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmKnQjBf8wM