Interesting Facts About Deafness…
– There are approximately 22 million Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the United States.
– The huddle formation used by football teams originated at Gallaudet University.
– A deaf center-fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, William Hoy, invented the hand signals for strikes and balls in baseball.
– When Beethoven composed his ninth symphony, he was profoundly deaf.
– Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone to help his deaf wife and mother to hear.
– Deaf people vote, pay taxes, drive cars, attend business, social and religious events.
– Some positions held by present-day deaf people are: lawyers, dentists, doctors, chemists, inventors, artists, writers, architects, poets, newspaper editors, clergy, actors, and teachers.