Adventures in Silence

Collingwood, Herbert W. (Herbert Winslow) · 1927

TO E. W. C. WHOSE RARE SYMPATHY AND SISTERLY UNDERSTANDING HAVE HELPED ONE DEAF MAN THROUGH THE SILENCE. There are in this country about 75,000 people who were never able to hear. There are also about half a million who have lost all or part of their hearing, and more than one million in addition who must use some contrivance to aid their ears. This army, nearly as large as the one sent overseas, is forced to live a strange and mysterious life, which most normal persons know nothing about, even though they come into daily contact with the outposts. The ordinary deaf man is usually regarded as a joke or a nuisance, according to the humor of his associates. This social condition is la…

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