Aristotle's Flawed Way Of Communication With The Deaf

Deaf education is a relatively new educational resource when you look back on history. The first American School for deaf education was founded in 1817, a mere 200 years ago. Even Greek philosophers, such as Aristotle claimed that “"Deaf people could not be educated without hearing, people could not learn." (“ASL Timeline”) He even proclaimed that the deaf were “deaf and dumb,” because he felt that deaf people were incapable of being taught, lacked the ability to to learn, and that procured a lack of reasoned thinking. In Aristotle's flawed way of thinking, if an individual could not use their voice in the same way as hearing people, then there was absolutely no way that this person could develop cognitive abilities. (Deaf Heritage, by Jack
Thomas Gallaudet."). Clerc was in London to share his methods of communication with the deaf. This method is now known as FSL (French Sign Language). The way in which the French educated the deaf amazed Gallaudet. Sicard, who appreciated Gallaudet's enthusiasm, offered to teach him his methods at no charge. Gallaudet happily agreed. The free public institution of learning where teachers and students use sign, rather than oral speech, would be the model of learning and teaching that he would bring back from Europe to share with Cogswell. This method is still widely used
In the auditory-oral approach, much of the focus is on speech and proper sound production. Teachers use different types of ‘modelling’ to show the child how to speak correctly and form the proper sounds orally. (“Auditory-Verbal Therapy VS Auditory-Oral”) While in the auditory-verbal approach, the focus on listening is much more important. In the auditory-verbal approach, the implementation of hearing aids or cochlear implants may be used to foster better hearing abilities as