The deaf and dumb : their education and social position / by W.R. Scott.

  • Scott, W. R. (William Robson), 1811-1877.
Date:
1870
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Credit: The deaf and dumb : their education and social position / by W.R. Scott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1^- PREFACE. attached to the condition of the deaf and dumb. In the next place, it helped to shew more clearly that their edu- cation demands a special method of instruction, and that such persons only as have made that method their pecuHar study can be entrusted with carrying it out with any prospect of success. And, thirdly, it wiU enable those persons who are connected with deaf-mutes to judge more correctly of the difficulties which children, so situated, have to contend against in their acquirement of knowledge, and hence to see how necessary it is that the time devoted to their educa- tion should not be unduly abridged. The wiiter would mention that on the subject of articulation the views he advocates differ from those held by some eminent teachers, especially in Germany, but against these authorities may be quoted those of others not less celebrated. Indeed, it will be seen that the chief arguments he has advanced upon this subject are taken from a distinguished American authority, and so fully did these agree, in every respect, with the views held by himself, that he did not hesitate to use them in preference to any observations of his own. He has also to acknowledge that he has used similar freedom with the same authority on one or two other points, but the quotations were not given as such, because they were not sufficiently literal. A few remarks are added on the causes of deafuess, and some practical hints are given for the early management of deaf and dumb children, which, it is hoped, will be found useful to those persons whose circiamstances may require such information.