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ASL's Emersion
Emerged as a language in the ASD(American School for the Deaf) -
First School for the Deaf supported
Kentucky School for the Deaf was the first school for the deaf to be supported by the state -
First Catholic Deaf School
In St. Louis, Missouri, St. Joseph's opens -
Proposed higher education for the Deaf
American Annals of the Deaf first proposes the idea of higher education for the Deaf -
Creation of a Deaf State Proposal
John Flournoy, proposes to Congress that land be set aside in the western territories for the creation of a deaf state. -
First Electric Hearing Aid
The First Electric Hearing Aid is Developed. -
Ida Wynette Gray
The first African- American woman to graduate from Gallaudet College. -
Phone for the Deaf
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. -
National Theatre of the Deaf
The National Theatre of the Deaf is Established -
Deaf Population
An estimated 560 million people in the world with a hearing loss.
