Oxford University Press, 2005 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 52 pages

Deaf !tudies, Language and "ducation

#n Plato$s cratylus, %&ic& dates to '(0 )*+*, !ocrates alludes to t&e use of signs ,y deaf
people* #n &is -atural .istory, co/pleted in 01 A*D*, Pliny t&e "lder alludes to 2uintus
Pedius, t&e deaf son of a 3o/an consul, %&o &ad to see4 per/ission fro/ +aesar
Augustus to pursue &is training as an artist* During t&e 3enaissance, scores of deaf people
ac&ieved fa/e t&roug&out "urope, and ,y t&e /iddle of t&e 50t& century t&e talents and
co//unication syste/s of deaf people %ere ,eing studied ,y a variety of noted scientists
and p&ilosop&ers* .o%ever, t&e role of deaf people in society &as al%ays ,een &otly
de,ated6 could t&ey ,e educated7 !&ould t&ey ,e educated7 #f so, &o%7 .o% does Deaf
culture exist %it&in larger co//unities7 8&at do advances in t&e tec&nology and t&e
genetics of &earing loss portend for Deaf co//unities7
#n t&is land/ar4 volu/e, a %ide range of international experts present a co/pre&ensive
and accessi,le overvie% of t&e diverse field of deaf studies, language, and education*
Pairing practical infor/ation %it& detailed analyses of %&at %or4s, %&y, and for %&o/,
and ,anis&ing t&e paternalis/ once intrinsic to t&e field, t&e &and,oo4 consists of
specially co//issioned essays on topics suc& as language and language develop/ent,
&earing and speec& perception, education, literacy, cognition, and t&e co/plex cultural,
social, and psyc&ological issues associated %it& individuals %&o are deaf or &ard of
&earing* 9&roug& careful planning, colla,oration, and editing, t&e various topics are
inter%oven in a /anner t&at allo%s t&e reader to understand t&e current status of researc&
in t&e field and recogni:e t&e opportunities and c&allenges t&at lie a&ead, providing t&e
/ost co/pre&ensive reference resource on deaf issues*
8ritten to ,e accessi,le to students and practitioners as %ell as researc&ers, 9&e Oxford
.and,oo4 of Deaf !tudies, Language, and "ducation is a uni;uely a/,itious %or4 t&at
%ill alter ,ot& t&eoretical and applied landscapes* #t surveys a field t&at &as gro%n
dra/atically over t&e past <0 years, since sign languages %ere first recogni:ed ,y
scientists to ,e true languages* =ro/ %or4 on t&e linguistics of sign language and parent-
c&ild interactions to analyses of sc&ool place/ent and t&e /apping of ,rain function in
deaf individuals, researc& across a %ide range of disciplines &as greatly expanded not >ust
our 4no%ledge of deafness and t&e deaf, ,ut of t&e very origins of language, social
interaction, and t&in4ing* )ringing toget&er &istorical infor/ation, researc&, and
strategies for teac&ing and service provision, ?arc ?arsc&ar4 and Patricia "li:a,et&
!pencer &ave given us %&at is certain to ,eco/e t&e ,enc&/ar4 reference in t&e field*
List of famous and well known people who are or were deaf and have or
had hearing impairments.
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A hearing impairment or hearing loss is a full or partial decrease in the ability to
detect or understand sounds.
A &earing i/pair/ent exists %&en an individual is not sensitive to t&e sounds nor/ally
&eard ,y its 4ind* #n &u/an ,eings, t&e ter/ &earing i/pair/ent is usually reserved for
people %&o &ave relative insensitivity to sound in t&e speec& fre;uencies*
.earing loss can ,e in&erited* )ot& do/inant and recessive genes exist %&ic& can cause
/ild to profound i/pair/ent* #f a fa/ily &as a do/inant gene for deafness it %ill persist
across generations ,ecause it %ill /anifest itself in t&e offspring even if it is in&erited
fro/ only one parent*
People %&o are &ard of &earing &ave varying a/ounts of &earing loss ,ut usually not
enoug& to ,e considered deaf* ?any people %&o are deaf consider spo4en language t&eir
pri/ary language and consider t&e/selves A&ard of &earingA*
People %it& unilateral &earing loss Bsingle sided deafnessC!!DD can &ear nor/ally in one
ear, ,ut &ave trou,le &earing out of t&e ot&er ear* Pro,le/s %it& t&is type of deficit is
ina,ility to locali:e sounds*
9&ose %&o lose t&eir &earing later in life, suc& as in late adolescence or adult&ood, face
t&eir o%n c&allenges* =or exa/ple, t&ey /ust ad>ust to living %it& t&e adaptations t&at
/a4e it possi,le for t&e/ to live independently* 9&ey /ay &ave to adapt to using &earing
aids or a coc&lear i/plant, develop speec&-reading s4ills, andCor learn sign language*
List of Famous and Well Known People who are/were deaf and have hearing
impairments.
Pete Townshend - B,orn Peter Dennis )landford 9o%ns&end on 51 ?ay 51<5
in +&is%ic4, LondonD, is an a%ard-%inning "nglis& roc4 guitarist, singer,
song%riter, co/poser, and %riter* 9&e 8&o roc4er Pete 9o%ns&end is losing
&is &earing, and fears t&e disa,ility %ill end &is song%riting career* Pete
9o%ns&end ,la/es &is &earing loss on a lifeti/e spent using &eadp&ones, experts say
today$s iPod Eeneration is storing up trou,le for t&e future ,y listening to /usic at &ig&
volu/es*
elen Keller - B50 - 51(D - .elen Ada/s Feller BGune 20, 50 - Gune 5,
51(D %as an A/erican aut&or, activist and lecturer* !&e %as t&e first deafC,lind
person to graduate fro/ college* !&e %as not ,orn ,lind and deafH it %as not until
nineteen /ont&s of age t&at s&e ca/e do%n %it& an illness descri,ed ,y doctors
as Aan acute congestion of t&e sto/ac& and t&e ,rainA, %&ic& could &ave possi,ly ,een
scarlet fever or /eningitis* 9&e illness did not last for a particularly long ti/e, ,ut it left
&er deaf and ,lind* Feller %ent on to ,eco/e a %orld-fa/ous spea4er and aut&or* !&e is
re/e/,ered as an advocate for people %it& disa,ilities a/id nu/erous ot&er causes*
Thomas !dison - 9&o/as Alva "dison B=e,ruary 55, 5<0 - Octo,er 5, 51'5D
%as an A/erican inventor of Dutc& origin and ,usiness/an %&o developed
/any devices t&at greatly influenced life around t&e %orld, including t&e
p&onograp& and a long lasting lig&t ,ul,* #n sc&ool, t&e young "dison$s /ind
often %andered* .e %as noted to ,e terri,le at /at&e/atics, una,le to focus, and &ad
difficulty %it& %ords and speec&* 9&is ended "dison$s t&ree /ont&s of official sc&ooling*
9&e cause of "dison$s deafness &as ,een attri,uted to a ,out of scarlet fever during
c&ild&ood and recurring untreated /iddle ear infections*




Ludwig "an #eethoven - )eet&oven %as as %e 4no% a great source of
confidence for &i/self and for ot&ers, ,eing a,le to create /usic and play /usic
even after ,eing co/pletely deaf is ,y itself ;uite a /iracle* Alt&oug& it %as
clear to everyone t&at ,eet&oven %as ,ut a /an, &e con;uered &is disa,ility and led
&i/self to ,eing one of t&e greatest /usicians of all ti/e* #f t&ere %as one t&ing t&at %as
affecting &is struggle to succeed it %as not only ,eing deaf, ,ut &aving to fig&t all t&e
e/otions t&at &e felt inside %&en &e &ad to turn around to loo4 at t&e audience applause
,ecause &e could not &ear*
Linda #ove - B,orn -ove/,er '0, 51<5D is a deaf A/erican actress %&o
played t&e part of Linda t&e Li,rarian on t&e c&ildren$s television progra/
!esa/e !treet fro/ 5105 to 200'* )ove &as introduced t&ousands of c&ildren
to sign language and issues surrounding t&e Deaf +o//unity* .er role as
Linda on !esa/e !treet is currently t&e longest recurring role in television &istory for a
deaf person* )ove attended Eallaudet University* !&e &as ,een /arried to "d 8aterstreet
since 5100* Li4e )ove, 8aterstreet is also deaf* .e also perfor/ed %it& t&e -ational
9&eater of t&e Deaf*
$ohnnie %ay - Go&n Alvin 3ay BGanuary 50, 5120-=e,ruary 2<, 5110D %as an
A/erican singer, song%riter, and pianist* 3ay developed a uni;ue r&yt&/
,ased style, descri,ed as alternating ,et%een pre-roc4 3&) and a /ore
conventional classic pop approac&* .e %as partially deaf ,ecause of an in>ury
sustained at t&e age of 5'* .e ,eca/e deaf in &is rig&t ear at age 5' after an accident
during a )oy !cout event* .e later perfor/ed &is /usic %earing a &earing aid* !urgery
perfor/ed in -e% Ior4 in 515, left &i/ al/ost co/pletely deaf in ,ot& ears, alt&oug&
&earing aids &elped &is condition*
Fo&y #rown - #nga ?arc&and, ,orn !epte/,er (, 510, in )roo4lyn, -e%
Ior4 +ity, ,etter 4no%n as =oxy )ro%n, is an A/erican rapper of Afro-
9rinidadian and Asian descent* !&e is 4no%n for &er solo %or4 and &er ,rief
stint as part of &ip-&op /usic group 9&e =ir/* =oxy )ro%n &as revealed t&at
s&e is slo%ly losing &er &earing after ,eing diagnosed %it& a rare condition t&at only
affects 5 in 50,000* On Dece/,er 5, 2005, outside of ?an&attan cri/inal court, )ro%n$s
attorney Gosep& 9acopina stated &e %anted to confir/ ru/ors t&at )ro%n %as al/ost
totally deaf and clai/ed t&at &e could no longer co//unicate %it& &er ver,ally* )ro%n
told reporters on Dece/,er 55 t&at s&e %as diagnosed %it& sudden &earing loss in ?ay
%&ile s&e %as recording &er upco/ing al,u/* !&ortly after 9acopina spo4e to t&e pu,lic
a,out &er &earing condition, ne%s spread t&at )ro%n &ad fired &i/* According to reports,
9acopina %as never given per/ission ,y )ro%n or &er agent to discuss &er /edical
condition to reporters*
William !lsworth ' (ummy oy - B?ay 2', 5(2 - Dece/,er 55, 51(5D %as
an A/erican center fielder in ?a>or League )ase,all %&o played for several
tea/s fro/ 5 to 5102, /ost nota,ly t&e +incinnati 3eds and t%o
8as&ington, D*+* franc&ises* .e is noted for ,eing t&e /ost acco/plis&ed
deaf player in /a>or league &istory, and is credited ,y so/e sources %it& causing t&e
esta,lis&/ent of signals for safe and out calls* .oy ,eca/e deaf after suffering fro/
/eningitis at age t&ree, and %ent on to graduate fro/ t&e O&io !tate !c&ool for t&e Deaf
in +olu/,us as class valedictorian* .oy ,eca/e t&e t&ird deaf player in t&e /a>or









leagues, after pitc&er "d Dundon and catc&er 9o/ Lync&* .oy also %or4ed as an
executive %it& Eoodyear after supervising &undreds of deaf %or4ers during 8orld 8ar #*
#n 5155 &e %as t&e first deaf at&lete elected to /e/,ers&ip in t&e A/erican At&letic
Association of t&e Deaf .all of =a/e*
arold )ac*rath - A/erican aut&or, B!epte/,er <, 505 - Octo,er '0,
51'2D %as a ,estselling A/erican novelist, s&ort story %riter, and
screen%riter* #n an article in t&e April 2', 51'2 issue of 9&e !aturday "vening
Post %ritten under t&e title A9&e !&ort Auto,iograp&y of a Deaf ?an,A
?acErat& told t&e pu,lic &o% &e &ad struggled early in life as a result of a &earing
i/pair/ent* At a ti/e in &istory %&en deaf people %ere al/ost auto/atically considered
as lac4ing intellectual acuity, &e &ad &id t&is fro/ &is e/ployer and ot&ers* .arold
?acErat&$s success /ade &i/ a very %ealt&y /an and alt&oug& &e traveled t&e %orld
extensively*
Andrew Foster - %as t&e first African A/erican to graduate fro/ Eallaudet +ollege in
8as&ington, D*+*
Angela +tratiy - is an actor and co/edian* .er %e,site, DeafUtopia*co/, provides
%or4s&ops on A!L and Deaf culture, as %ell as solo co/edy s&o%s*
#etty *. )iller - is ,ot& a professional visual artist, and a professional counselor
%or4ing in t&e field of alco&ol and drug a,use %it& deaf and &ard of &earing people*
*ertrude !derle- BOcto,er 2', 510( - -ove/,er '0, 200'D Eertrude %as an A/erican
co/petitive s%i//er* #n 512(, s&e ,eca/e t&e first %o/an to s%i/ across t&e "nglis&
+&annel* !&e trained at t&e 8o/en$s !%i//ing Association, %&ic& produced suc&
co/petitors as "leanor .ol/ and "st&er 8illia/s* !&e >oined t&e clu, %&en s&e %as
only fifteen* =ro/ t&is ti/e Eertrude ,egan to ,rea4 and esta,lis& /ore a/ateur records
t&an any ot&er %o/an in t&e %orld* "derle &ad poor &earing since c&ild&ood due to
/easles, and ,y t&e 51<0s s&e %as co/pletely deaf* !&e spent t&e rest of &er life teac&ing
s%i//ing to deaf c&ildren*
$ulia #race- B500-5<D Gulia )race ,eca/e deaf and ,lind at age five fro/ typ&us
fever* During &er c&ild&ood s&e %as descri,ed as independent, in;uisitive and feisty*
Alt&oug& s&e %asn$t given /uc& for/al instruction, s&e did ac;uire tactile A/erican
!ign Language fro/ t&e resident deaf students and staff at t&e .artford sc&ool* Despite
,eing t&e only ,lind person t&ere, s&e ,eca/e a part of t&e sc&ool co//unity, for/ing
friends&ips Band en/itiesD* !&e ,egan to ,e seen as so/et&ing of a cele,rity and received
/any curious visitors over ti/e*
Laurent ,lerc- B2( Dece/,er 505 - 5 Guly 5(1D Laurant +lerc %as called A9&e
Apostle of t&e deaf in A/ericaA and A9&e =at&er of t&e DeafA ,y generations of
A/erican deaf people* 8it& 9&o/as .op4ins Eallaudet, &e co-founded t&e first sc&ool
for t&e deaf in -ort& A/erica, t&e .artford Asylu/ for t&e "ducation and #nstruction of
t&e Deaf and Du/, on April 55, 550 in t&e old )ennet$s +ity .otel, .artford,
+onnecticut* +lerc$s na/e sign %ould ,eco/e t&e ,est 4no%n and /ost recogni:a,le
na/e sign in A/erican deaf &istory and +lerc ,eca/e t&e /ost reno%ned deaf person in
A/erican &istory*


Tri& #ruce- 9rix &as ,een profoundly deaf since s&e %as ( /ont&s old* !&e %ent
t&roug& oral, /ainstrea/ing, deaf classes, and online educational progra/s* 9&roug& &er
perfor/ances, deaf and &earing audiences learn a,out t&e Adeaf cultureA in an
entertaining %ay and so/e&o% discover t&at t&e &earing and t&e deaf co//unities &ave
/ore in co//on t&an %&at is co//only t&oug&t* A# a/ >ust proud to ,e %&o # a/,A says
9rix )ruce* A# /ade t&e rig&t decisions and &ave follo%ed /y &eart*** # a/ proud to ,e
4no%n as a deaf actor*A
(ouglas Tilden - B?ay 5, 5(5 to August 5, 51'5D Douglas 9ilden %as a %orld-fa/ous
deaf sculptor %&o %ent to t&e +alifornia !c&ool for t&e Deaf in )er4eley, +alifornia*
?any detect a certain &o/oeroticis/ in &is %or4s ,ecause t&ey feature young at&letic
/en %&o are often unclot&ed* #n t&e =oot,all Players, /any people &ave noted t&at t&e
scene of t%o young foot,all players, one is in>ured and resting on t&e s&oulder of anot&er,
and t&e ot&er is tenderly ,andaging t&e %ounds, s&o%s t&e inti/ate /ale ,onding in
sports as of interdependence ,et%een t&e players*
,huc- #aird - +&uc4 )aird %as ,orn deaf in Fansas +ity and along %it& &is t&ree older
sisters, %ent to t&e Fansas !c&ool for t&e Deaf* After an art residency at t&e +alifornia
!c&ool for t&e Deaf in =re/ont, &e /oved to !an Diego in 5112 to %or4 for
Da%n!ignPress as an in-&ouse artist, and painted a nu/,er of ne% Deaf-related %or4s,
cul/inating in t&e ,oo4, A+&uc4 )aird, '5 Plates*A .e &ad &is first /a>or ex&i,ition at
t&e 8orld =ederation of t&e Deaf +onference in 8as&ington D+ in 5105*
%yan Adams - B,orn -ove/,er 5, 510<D 3yan Ada/s is an A/erican alt-countryCroc4
singer-song%riter fro/ Gac4sonville, -ort& +arolina* 3aised ,y &is /ot&er and
grand/ot&er, Ada/s dropped out of sc&ool at age 5( and perfor/ed %it& several local
,ands ,efore /oving to 3aleig& and for/ing t&e ,and 8&is4eyto%n* Ada/s /ade &is
solo de,ut in 2000, %it& .eart,rea4er Balso produced ,y "t&an Go&nsD* "//ylou .arris,
%&o %as originally Era/ Parsons$ singing partner, sang ,ac4up on AO& ?y !%eet
+arolina*A Ot&er ,ac4ing vocals and instru/ents %ere provided ,y Eillian 8elc&, David
3a%lings and Fi/ 3ic&ey as Ada/s e/,raced a style /ore re/iniscent of fol4 /usic* #t
%as /et %it& considera,le critical success, ,ut sales %ere slo%*
eather Whitestone )c,allum - B,orn =e,ruary 2<, 510'D .eat&er is a ,eauty ;ueen
%&o %as t&e first deaf ?iss A/erica title &older, &aving lost &er &earing at t&e age of
eig&teen /ont&s* 8&itestone represented Ala,a/a at t&e 5115 ?iss A/erica pageant
&eld in Atlantic +ity, -e% Gersey* Despite ,eing profoundly deaf, s&e perfor/ed ,allet en
pointe to t&e song AJia DolorosaA as &er talent, %inning t&e preli/inary talent
co/petition, as %ell as t&e preli/inary s%i/suit co/petition*
.liver eaviside - B?ay 5, 550 - =e,ruary ', 5125D %as a self-taug&t "nglis&
electrical engineer, /at&e/atician, and p&ysicist %&o adapted co/plex nu/,ers to t&e
study of electrical circuits, invented /at&e/atical tec&ni;ues to t&e solution of
differential e;uations Blater found to ,e e;uivalent to Laplace transfor/sD, refor/ulated
?ax%ell$s field e;uations in ter/s of electric and /agnetic forces and energy flux, and
independently co-for/ulated vector analysis* Alt&oug& at odds %it& t&e scientific
esta,lis&/ent for /ost of &is life, .eaviside c&anged t&e face of /at&e/atics and science
for years to co/e*
Pierre (esloges - )orn in 50<0 in t&e 9ouraine region of =rance, Pierre Desloges /oved
to Paris as a young /an, %&ere &e ,eca/e a ,oo4,inder and up&olsterer* .e %as
deafened at age seven fro/ s/allpox, ,ut did not learn to sign until &e %as t%enty-seven,
%&en &e %as taug&t ,y a deaf #talian* Desloges also %rote a nu/,er of %ell-received
political ,oo4s around t&e ti/e of t&e =renc& 3evolution* .e %as t&e first deaf person
ever 4no%n to %rite a ,oo4 of any 4ind*
%udi ,arrell - BDece/,er 51, 51'< in Al4/aar, -et&erlands - Guly 0, 200( in )re/en,
Eer/anyD 3udi +arrell %as a Dutc& entertainer* .is o%n s&o% A9&e 3udi +arrell !&o%A
%as a &uge success in Eer/any fro/ t&e 51(0s to t&e 5110s* 9&e s&o% included a si/ilar
concept to A!tar !earc&A or APop #dolA and ,roug&t /any %ell-4no%n Eer/an pop stars
and actors to pro/inence, suc& as Alexis or ?ar4 Feller* #t also featured co/edy
s4etc&es* #n 510, &e fa/ously caused a diplo/atic rift ,et%een Eer/any and #ran %it& a
s4etc& in %&ic& veiled %o/en t&re% t&eir undergar/ents at so/eone dressed li4e #ran$s
!upre/e Leader Ayatolla& F&o/eini* 9&e outraged #ranian govern/ent responded ,y
expelling t%o Eer/an diplo/ats and closing t&e Eoet&e #nstitute in 9e&ran*
Ferdinand #erthier - B!epte/,er 2, 50', Guly 52, 5(D =erdinand %as a deaf
educator, intellectual and political organi:er in nineteent&-century =rance, and is one of
t&e earliest c&a/pions of Deaf identity and culture* #n late 5'0 )ert&ier petitioned t&e
=renc& govern/ent for per/ission to create t&e !ociete +entrale des !ourds-/uets,
%&ic& %as officially founded t&e follo%ing year as t&e first organisation to represent t&e
interests of t&e deaf co//unity* 9&e organi:ation ai/ed to ,ring toget&er Aall t&e deaf
spread across t&e glo,e*)ert&ier played a delicate ,alancing act as a passionate defender
of t&e deaf identity and sign language, %&ile under a repressive social and political
cli/ate* )ert&ier also %rote ,oo4s a,out deaf &istory and deaf culture, noting deaf artists
and sign-language poets of &is ti/e*
$uliette *ordon Low - )orn Guliette ?agill Fin:ie Eordon in !avanna&, Eeorgia, s&e
,eca/e 4no%n as ADaisyA after &er uncle sa% &er as a ,a,y girl and said, A#$ll ,et s&e$ll ,e
a daisyKA Daisy %as al%ays >u/ping into ne% ga/es, &o,,ies and ideas* Anot&er one of
&er nic4na/es %as ALittle !&ipA* !&e ac;uired t&is nic4na/e %&ile living %it& &er
/aternal grandparents in +&icago during t&e +ivil 8ar* .er grandfat&er, Go&n Fin:ie,
%as a -ative A/erican agent and young Guliette often played %it& -ative A/erican
c&ildren* Guliette loved to &ear t&e story a,out &er great-grand/ot&er, %&o %as captured
,y -ative A/ericans* A grain of rice t&ro%n at t&e %edding ,eca/e lodged in Guliette$s
,ad ear* 8&en it %as re/oved, &er ear dru/ %as punctured and ,eca/e infected, causing
&er to ,eco/e co/pletely deaf in t&at ear* .er &earing %as severely li/ited for t&e rest of
&er life* Guliette is responsi,le for founding t&e first girl scout organi:ation of A/erica*
!velyn *lennie - B,orn Guly 51, 51(5D is a !cottis& virtuoso percussionist* !&e %as t&e
first full-ti/e solo professional percussionist in 20t& century %estern society* Elennie
tours extensively in t&e nort&ern &e/isp&ere, spending up to four /ont&s eac& year in t&e
United !tates, and perfor/s %it& an extraordinarily %ide variety of orc&estras and
conte/porary /usicians, giving over 500 concerts a year as %ell as /aster classes and
$/usic in sc&ools$ perfor/ances* !&e fre;uently co//issions percussion %or4s fro/
co/posers and perfor/s t&e/ in &er concert repertoire* 9o date, t&ese original %or4s
include 5' concertos, 5( recital pieces, 5 concert pieces and 2 %or4s for percussion
ense/,le* Elennie &as ,een profoundly deaf since age 52* 9&is does not in&i,it &er
a,ility to perfor/ at t&e international level* !&e regularly plays ,arefoot for ,ot& live
perfor/ances and studio recordings, to ,etter AfeelA t&e /usic*
)iha /upan - !lovenian ,as4et,all player* =irst deafC&earing-i/paired person ever to
play in t&e "uroleague - B,orn 5' !epte/,er, 512D ?i&a is a !lovenian ,as4et,all
player* Despite ,eing deaf since ,irt&, &e plays a/ong &earing players at t&e &ig&est level
in "urope* A 2*0< / B( ft 5C2 inD po%er for%ard %&o can also play center %&en needed,
&e currently plays for &is country$s ,est-4no%n clu,, regular "uroleague participant
Union Oli/pi>a* During &is teenage years, &e gre% 20 c/ B inc&esD in an 5-/ont&
period, leading to 4nee pro,le/s t&at sidelined &i/ for several /ont&s early in &is pro
career* At !lovan, &e developed into a pro/ising ,ig /an, soon /a4ing t&e BregularD
!lovenia >unior and under-20 national tea/s* On 2< Octo,er 2000, Lupan finally ,eca/e
t&e first deaf player in t&e "uroleague*
Ayumi amasa-i - Gapanese popular singer and song%riter*
+ignmar- - B,orn ?ar4o Juori&ei/o on Gune 2(, 510 in .elsin4iD is a deaf =innis& rap
artist* .e descri,es &is /usic as ,eing party &ip &op t&at ta4es a stand* )orn into a
signing fa/ily, Juori&ei/o feels t&at society s&ould not treat t&e deaf as disa,led people
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#ernard #ragg - An acco/plis&ed actor, director, play%rig&t and lecturer
,hristy +mith - Deaf contestant on A!urvivorA
,layton "alli - Dr* Jalli$s P&*D* in Linguistics and A!L Poetics
,liff #astin - )ritis& foot,aller
Francisco *oya - !panis& painter
*abriel Faure - =renc& co/poser*
*eorgia orsley - ?iss "ngland 2000* Also a contestant in ?iss 8orld 2000*
*ranville %edmond - A/erican painter*
*uillaume Amontons - =renc& inventor and p&ysicist*
0. King $ordan - %as t&e first president of Eallaudet University %it& a profound &earing
loss*
$ohn #rewster $r. B50((-55<D - A/erican, itinerant artist of t&e =ederalist Period in
A/erica*
Laura #ridgman B521-51D - A/erican, first deaf-,lind student of Dr* !a/uel .o%e
at t&e Per4ins !c&ool for t&e )lind*
Lon ,haney1 +r. - A/erican actor raised ,y deaf parents, &is up,ringing allo%ed &i/ to
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Luis #unuel - !panis& surrealist fil//a4er and poet*
)arlee )atlin - ,eca/e t&e first Deaf %o/an to %in an Acade/y A%ard for &er role in
+&ildren of a Lesser Eod* !&e %on for )est Actress*
Phyllis Frelich - %on t&e 9ony A%ard for &er role in t&e stage production of +&ildren of
a Lesser Eod*
Pierre de %onsard - =renc& poet*
%obert %. (avila - is t&e current president of Eallaudet University*
+ir William )c)ahon - Australian politician and for/er Pri/e ?inister*
Terrylene +achetti - Deaf actress, poet, storyteller, /i/e, and dancer
Walter *ei-ie - !cottis& painter*
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