What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know
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WHAT THE MOTHER OF A DEAF CHILD OUGHT TO KNOW
BY
JOHN DUTTON WRIGHT
FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE WRIGHT ORAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, NEW YORK CITY; COLLABORATOR OF "THE LARYNGO- SCOPE" AND THE "VOLTA REVIEW"; DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE TEACHING OF SPEECH TO THE DEAF; AUTHOR OF "EDUCA- TIONAL NEEDS OF THE DEAF," FOR THE GUIDANCE OF PHYSICIANS
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1915, by
Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages
March, 1915
TO MY WIFE
AT WHOSE SUGGESTION THIS LITTLE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN ORDER THAT MOTHERS MAY DO ALL IN THEIR POWER FOR THEIR DEAF CHILDREN
CONTENTS
PREFACE
WHAT THE MOTHER OF A DEAF CHILD OUGHT TO KNOW
(Mothers are strongly advised to read the Preface)
I
Facing the Facts
II
How Shall the Mother Begin Her Part of the Work?
III
How Shall the Mother Get into Communication with her Deaf Child?
IV
What About the Baby's Speech?
V
Developing the Mental Faculties
VI
Developing the Lungs
VII
The Cultivation of Creative Imagination
VIII
Further Tests of Hearing
IX
The Development of Residual Hearing
X
Developing the Power of Lip Reading
XI
Forming Character
XII
Cultivating the Social Instinct
XIII
Something About Schools and Methods
XIV
The Preservation of Speech
WHEN DEAFNESS RESULTS FROM ACCIDENT OR ILLNESS AFTER INFANCY
XV
Teaching Lip Reading
XVI
School Age
XVII
Organized Efforts by Parents to Obtain Better Educational Conditions
XVIII
A Personal Matter for Each Parent
XIX
Day Schools
XX
The Deaf Child at Five Years of Age
XXI
Schools for the Hearing and Private Governesses
XXII
Importance of the Beginning
XXIII
Avoid the Young and Inexperienced Teacher
XXIV
On Entering School
The First Year at School
XXV
During the School Period
XXVI
During Vacation
XXVII
SOME NOTS
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