THE DEAF AND THE DUMB

Patea Mail, Volume XLVIII, 15 January 1926, Page 4

THE DEAF AND THE DUMB

ONE PERSON IN ONE THQUSAND. Deaf mutes are extremely common. In France alone there are. 35,000 cases. In the United States Dr. Graham Bell, who invented the telephone in the hope "of enabling his deaf mute wife to hear, estimated their number at more than 00,000’. In general there is one deaf mute for 1000 persons, and consequently more than a million living. The deaf mute is not diseased or mentally weak. He is a normal person whose mental faculties are as well developed as ours.

h deaf person is dumb because he cannot hear; he does not know how to use his organs of speech, nor to imitate the vocal sounds of those w r ho speak to him. Attempts are being made to overcome this difficulty.