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Peer reviewedConrad, R; Weiskrantz, Barbara C. – Sign Language Studies, 1984
Recounts the history of deaf education in Britain and of studies into the abilities of those born deaf, beginning with the influence of Kenelm Digby's "Treatise on the Nature of Bodies" published in 1644 to about 100 years later when Henry Baker became the first professional teacher of the deaf in Britain. (SED)
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational History, Seventeenth Century Literature, Sign Language
