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Independence
Technology
1800's and 1900's
Deaf people lacked instantaneous communication technology
Daily newspapers
Rarely provided any news of interest or usefulness
Isolated in the early days
First know hearing aid manufacturing company established in 1800
By Frederick C. Rein
During early years
Manufactured ear trumpets, acoustic urns, and speaking tubes for churches
Advances in audio and visual tech
Helped with daily living with non-deaf peers
1920's
Hearing aids evolved
From mechanical based to electrical based
Hearing aids became more powerful
Provided greater benefits to users
20th century
Hearing aids were designed to hidden wearing harnesses under clothing
Cochlear implant
Controversy among deaf and hearing people
Deaf community
Felt heritage would disappear
Schools and programs for deaf children have long accepted students with CI
Auditory enhancement
Earliest research on CI was in the 1950s
Dr. William House
Performed first cochlear implant in America
Communication
No telephones
Letters were means of communication
Letters were important to deaf people
Deaf-blind
Are not necessarily fully blind
Data on deaf-blind vary
History
Many attempts to cure deafness
Pouring medication in people ears
Hearing aids
Earliest patent in 1836