The Volta Review, Volume 20Volta Bureau, 1918 - Deaf |
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Page 13
... means of such a scale the Denmark plan of hav- ing special schools or departments within a school for deaf children of different mental capacities may be put into prac- tical operation . In conclusion , we present a number of points ...
... means of such a scale the Denmark plan of hav- ing special schools or departments within a school for deaf children of different mental capacities may be put into prac- tical operation . In conclusion , we present a number of points ...
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... means concentration ; conscious concentration means the power to will , and the cultivation of that power to will and the earnest desire to focus the mind upon any task at any time is the key to success , not only in lip - read- ing ...
... means concentration ; conscious concentration means the power to will , and the cultivation of that power to will and the earnest desire to focus the mind upon any task at any time is the key to success , not only in lip - read- ing ...
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... means of overcoming those terrible noises . If we can really forget them , so that we no longer notice them , have we not to all intents and pur- poses overcome them ? The doctors often tell us that there is nothing that they can do for ...
... means of overcoming those terrible noises . If we can really forget them , so that we no longer notice them , have we not to all intents and pur- poses overcome them ? The doctors often tell us that there is nothing that they can do for ...
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III . That speech and speech - reading are only a means to an end ; that we ad- here to them as our sole means of com- munication and instruction because , after long observation , we have become con- vinced that all that any method can ...
III . That speech and speech - reading are only a means to an end ; that we ad- here to them as our sole means of com- munication and instruction because , after long observation , we have become con- vinced that all that any method can ...
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... mean the use of speech and writing alone as the means of communication . The opposition to this method was not so much to the teaching of speech , but to the doing away with the language Mr. Gallaudet had brought from France - a ...
... mean the use of speech and writing alone as the means of communication . The opposition to this method was not so much to the teaching of speech , but to the doing away with the language Mr. Gallaudet had brought from France - a ...
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Adult Deaf Alexander Graham Bell Alexander Melville Bell asked Association aurist baby better Boston Bureau cent Chicago chil City Clarke School consonant course Day School deaf child deaf children DEAF SOLDIERS defective dren drill English exercises eyes feel friends girl give given Hard of Hearing Helen Keller homophenous instruction interest Kinzie language lesson Lisez Mary means Medical Melville Bell ment mental mind Miss mother mouth movement Müller-Walle ness never Nitchie Method Oral School oral teacher organs Otology person play Principal pupils read the lips result REVIEW SCHOOL OF LIP-READING sentence shoes sound speak speech-reading story syllables talk taught Teachers of Lip-Reading Teaching of Speech tell tests things thought tion tongue understand Visible Speech voice VOLTA REVIEW vowel Washington watch Winnifred words York City York School
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