Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ...ear depends, its deterioration will probably ensue. Owing to the neglect of a great many of these children at home, the difficulties in the way of their education are much increased. Although the number of pupils who will be found to hear their own voice fairly well is comparatively small, yet it would be well to differentiate between these and the pupils who do not, for the former possess capabilities for learning which the latter do not enjoy; the one may acquire articulate speech, while the other may be advantageously taught the sign language only. These children, in the larger cities, could in many instances be more economically taught if kept under home influences and educated in a special department of the public schools. In the instruction of the very deaf and of those who hear no external sounds but yet hear their own voices, some assistance may be obtained by the employment of conversation tubes among the former and of the month trumpet and otacoustic fan among the latter. The mouth trumpet, which consists of a tube for speaking into the mouth, gives the pupil in some instances a more correct idea of the natural tone of the voice than any other aid to hearing. Dental sound transmission by means of a fan can also be made serviceable iu certain cases, the speaker being obliged, however, in availing himself of its use, to place the pupil within one or two feet of his mouth while thus teaching. The use of these appliances, moreover, will aid the examiner in determining the pupil's hearing power for his (the pupil's) own voice. It is hoped by the writer that what has been said above concerning the education of deaf-mutes may not be construed to reflect upon the usefulness of institutions that are more particularly asylums for the...
