Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 September 1950 — Page 33

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FRIDAY, SEPT. 15, 1950 = : THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ___ PAGE 33 | Radio Engineers to Hear AT&T Staff Executive Hope for fhe, Deaf— in : arith ov SAVERS Dr. M. E. Strieby, staff execu- Menor) auditorium. Ba S | % hy Off | d id i SHOP 9 A. M. " tive of the long lines d t t.|- His subject will be “Bell Sys- aviason s mt | meni Ln 2 Special Schools Offer TO 5:30 P. M.

: VOGEL BROS, Co., New York, will address the relay systems in making tele-

ios Mom imines Sate Srna Le orl i Hope for Adjustment of Lg Children

Many Parents Unwittingly Fail To Give Offspring Chance at Normalcy.

"EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the Inst of a series of articles

BY KAY BARRINGTON - It is hard to believe that parents would dleprive their child .

of a chance to lead a normal life. But tragically, thousands of par-| i Sos ents are doing just that, They are the fathers and mothers of chil- = - y —| ... J} dren who are deaf or hard of hearing. ) SERIES Every year, these seriously handicapped children are entered

in public schools. And every year the cost of keeping these pupils jn lower grades as their school- .

| y i - ~ mates are promoted exceeds $20 agreed to visit P. 8S. 47 "to see B i million. what its staff was doing for : For the severely deafened child, deafened children. She found a a special school is the only an- bright, cheerfully decorated LECASTS ; : the Puilding bursting with children of

swer. Here he will cover game subjects as his more for- 8ll ages. Like all youngsters, they

tunate schoolmates, but his prog- Were noisy, friendly and full of

t 30 : N Fs. ress will be slower. Because of life: Lo ) p . Rela Sa) the extra time used for speech Tiny tots played with’ gay Ly and Yoice training and lip read- colored toys. Tenryear-olds were ing, will také him about 15 Feciting history lessons and tee IE to complete the work that ABers were engaged in all the children with normal hearing Ordinary pursuits of junior high would finish in 12. school students. The only differ-ence-—most of them wore hearing aids. .

Special Schools ! \ ay 4 There are special day schools Special Equipment , RY AZ HR for hard of hearing children in At PS. 47 each classroom is A DOUBLE VALUE! / 3 lA Mow, every state, as well as 85 resi- equipped with amplifiers, for use pi 0) dential schools and 20 private js. made of even the smallest Wear if as A . ; 2 4 schools. amount of hearing a child may

\. WN [PF AC, Such an education will pay have. The day a child enters the 3 WATCH and F EN \ Eley heavy dividends. For the special school he is given extensive tests

school child is’ saved the embar- to discover how great a hearing rassment of trying to compete Joss he suffers. Gradually, he is with normal children. He is al- introduced to the mechanics and lowed to develop naturally at his wonders of a hearing aid. Very own speed. He is never consid- often, a child hears his first sound ered an oddity. the day he enters the school. Parents. should make sure that To Mrs. Brown's surprise, she, the school they choose for their saw dozens of tots in the 2-to-8-child uses the “oral approach.” year bracket. It was both amus-| In such a school, children are ing and heart-breaking to see. taught speech rather than talk- these toddling Infants, each with ing by signs. Hearing alds are 3° hearing aid strapped to his used wherever possible, chest.

» ) i Priced | 80 Per Cent Don't Know ‘Miracle’ in Year i | The Hearing Foundation esti- “You won ‘t know your child in!

| 1 2, ’ ¥ j NOS be : . / MINED] — never see mates that 80 per cent of the par- a years one of the school staff i A i ll ents of partially deaf children told her. “We teach children to anything fo compare ll don't realize that anything is speak who have never heard a FA a ON ll wrong. Many parents ignore run- sound-—quite naturally, too. Of \ S with this sparkling creation! ning ears and other obvious symp- course, when you speak to them, toms, and too many parents re- they read your lips.” r

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. fuse to put a hearing aid on their Mrs. Brown saw a v-yeirold Lavish Beauty . . .

child. They are afraid it will boy who had never been able to . ° ! brand him as abnormal. An en- pick up any sounds but a loud Io . Ex uisite St ling! lightened attitude toward deaf- gong and a shrill whistle. The 1g AA SO a S Y : y . ness is desperately needed. teacher asked a question -and he; : i i " When the doctor told Mrs. answered promptly. His clear, Only Copied fm 9 Jebulous Puaplece DOWN ‘Brown that he couid do nothing enunciation amazed Mrs. Brown. | 151," = Iv fi 417. evel . WEEKLY 'to_make her two-year-old hear, = A more tragic case was that of| Wide and y time -jewel move- she was frantic. Would her baby a little girl who had not entered! - yo o ment. Truly an exciting ANNs T grow up in a world of silence, un- the school until she was 10. Now, | 21" Deep! 3 saving! — Ll he home of lable to speak or hear? Surely a year and a half Jater, her| CE Dee Deluxe Il someone, somewhere could do teacher was getting the first re-|

Te it is — = 7 7 WB Diamonds |something. sponse from her. At first ‘the he . aN / ; Finally, a social worker told child was so timid and frightened.

/ ] , yy Ja) / ther about New York's Public she withdrew from the rest of the| lo want it! 18 N. ILLINOIS "A be : 7 |School 47, one of the special children. A school psychiatrist : STREET (CA , i schools for the deaf. * |worked. with her and found she EASY TERMS Claypool Hotel Bidg. “But she's only 2 years old,” was seriously maladjusted. ; . v Mrs. Brown protested. “It would Silence Takes Toll $100 DOWN |

be cruel to send her there. The years of silence had taken! | After much persuasion, she their toll. Individual teaching . Si —— penton) g methods were used and at last it was beginning to .show results, |

{ “We lick one other big wi ; { here,” a teacher told Mrs. Brown, | Ee | “When our stuggnts graduate ® | they are able to go to high school

and even college. Gallaudet Col-

1 : { lege in Washington is exclusively JIE {for the deaf. Our training is a prrer | tremendous help to all of them! 0 LL | | when they 80 out in the world to get jobs." © | Mrs, Brown enrolled her little WEEKLY! girl, and now she is one of the » staunchest. supporters of spnciai| I—

schools for the deaf. Her child is completely normal, well adjusted and happy. When Needed i Any child whose hearigg loss is greater than 20 per cent in| his better ear should wear a| hearing aid to preserve the hear-| 3 4 oy Be ps 3 % : ing that is left, for hearing de-| LL LARR, - : ity 3 F # ~ 5 & 5 i teriorates if it is not used. ) TG i . : Among the many fine schools] RANTY E Kd > oh Fo : for the deaf are the Central Ina : JJ i gs Eng # fs ud .stitute, St. Louis; the John) . Ce h : g - Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles; the! Martin Schoo} for the Deaf, Phil-| adelphia; the Gough School, San | Francisco, the Clark 8chool,| Northrup, Mass.; the Alexander Graham Bell School for the Deaf, Chicago and Cleveland, and the Horace - Mann 8chool for the, . Deaf, Boston. In the opinion of — special schooling provides the | answer to the economic discrim-| wali, 3 ination against the deaf. It is sad Frank's repeat but true that 50 per cent of the their most sensational “ nt Hiation Haeat Sarn $30 a. week or! esr e unemployment rate is Guit-Value! J -f 60 per cent higher among the who never misses a value like . A hard of hearing and 97 per cent : . ® Skin-Like Washable Plastic Arms & Legs higher among the deaf. When this: Plains, shadow checks ° : : : Americans begin tn realize that ‘ : : : ® Almost Indestructible Plastic Head EB eae Lhn and mixtures . , . in a wide ® Dressed in Blue Lace-Trimmed Dress & Bonnet sign of stupidity. this unhappy + variety of colors and fashions,

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