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Jul 18, 2024 · Marlee Matlin, American actress who was the first deaf performer to win an Oscar; she received the award for her moving performance in Children of a Lesser God (1986), her debut film. Matlin frequently appeared on television, with roles in such shows as Seinfeld, The Practice, and The West Wing.
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J.K. Simmons (born January 9, 1955, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.)...
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Jun 28, 2024 · Heartwarming moment man, 28, hears for the first time and bursts into tears – after common bug rendered him deaf. The emotional video above shows a speechless Aric Hoffmann minutes after his...
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Jul 5, 2024 · Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the telephone (1876) and refinement of the phonograph (1886).
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- Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born American inventor and scientist. Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1870 Bell and...
- Although Alexander Graham Bell is best remembered as the inventor of the telephone, he invented other devices too. Bell developed several sonic tec...
- The first telephone had two parts: a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter comprised three parts—a drumlike device (a cylinder with a covered...
2 days ago · Alexander Graham Bell ( / ˈɡreɪ.əm /, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) [4] was a Scottish-born [N 1] Canadian-American inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.
4 days ago · A deaf person using a camera-equipped smartphone to communicate in sign language. Hearing loss is defined as diminished acuity to sounds which would otherwise be heard normally. The terms hearing impaired or hard of hearing are usually reserved for people who have relative inability to hear sound in the speech frequencies.
2 days ago · He was almost completely deaf by 1815, and he then gave up performing and appearing in public. He described his problems with health and his unfulfilled personal life in two letters, his Heiligenstadt Testament (1802) to his brothers and his unsent love letter to an unknown "Immortal Beloved" (1812).
Jul 17, 2024 · She starred as Sarah, a young deaf woman, who becomes involved with a speech teacher (played by William Hurt) at a school for the deaf. She rejects learning to lip-read and to talk, choosing ...