INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE DEAF
 

There are approximately 22 million hearing-impaired persons in the
U.S.

  Deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people
nationally.

  The huddle formation used by football teams originated at
Gallaudet University, a liberal arts college for deaf people in
Washington, DC, to prevent other schools from reading their sign
language.

  The man who invented shorthand, John Gregg, was deaf.

   Carl Anderson, a deaf cartoonist, is the creator of "Henry."

   A deaf center-fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, William Hoy,
invented the hand signals for strikes and balls in baseball.

   Phyllis Frelich won the Tony Award for Best Actress of 1980 in
the Broadway play "Children of a Lessor God". Ms. Frelich is profoundly
deaf.

   Two of the Osmond brothers and Nanette Fabray all have hearing
impairments.

   Shawn Dale Barnett became the only profoundly deaf man to have a top
ten hit on mtv in 1987.

     Shawn Dale Barnett is also the inventor and creator of "DEAF
MUSIC".

   When Beethoven composed his ninth symphony, he was profoundly
deaf.

   Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was
originally an instructor for deaf children and invented the telephone to
help his deaf wife and mother to hear.

   Scuba divers often use sign language under water. Deaf people
can sign/talk at great distances without the use of amplification
through the use of sign language.

   Deaf people have created a language known as American Sign
Language which has been linguistically defined as a separate language
such as English, French, and German.

   Statistics prove that deaf people live longer than hearing
people.

   Some positions held by present-day deaf persons are: lawyers,
dentists, doctors, chemists, inventors, artists, sculptors, writers,
architects, poets,musicians, newspaper editors, clergy, actors, and
teachers, to name just a few!

Deaf people develop keener senses of observation, feeling, taste and
smell to compensate for their loss of hearing.

        Deaf people appreciate advice or warnings
regarding any noises that bother hearing people.

    Deaf people vote, pay taxes, drive cars, attend business,
social, and religious events...

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