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Emerged as a language in the ASD(American School for the Deaf)
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Kentucky School for the Deaf was the first school for the deaf to be supported by the state
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In St. Louis, Missouri, St. Joseph's opens
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American Annals of the Deaf first proposes the idea of higher education for the Deaf
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John Flournoy, proposes to Congress that land be set aside in the western territories for the creation of a deaf state.
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The First Electric Hearing Aid is Developed.
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The first African- American woman to graduate from Gallaudet College.
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Phone for Deaf Invented and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf is established. Robert Weitbrecht, who is deaf, invents the teletypewriter, which enables deaf people to use phone lines to call each other and type out their conversations.
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The National Theatre of the Deaf is Established
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An estimated 560 million people in the world with a hearing loss.
