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Early Deaf Education

Explore early deaf education through key figures, schools, and publications. Click a box to read more.

Thomas Braidwood, The Braidwood School
Joseph Watson, Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb
Laffon de Ladebat, A-D. (1815) A collection of the Most Remarkable Definitions …
Charlotte Hippsley Tuckfield, Exeter School for the Deaf
The Invited Alphabet or, Address of A to B, R.R. (1809) containing his friendly…
Vox oculis subjecta (1783) By a Parent. London: Benjamin White. (Action on Hear…
Francis Green
Jean Massieu
André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat

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