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deaf smith county, texas, which is named after erastus smith	the most famous deaf and blind person - helen keller	the most famous deaf composer ever lived
inventor of telephone - originally to benefit his deaf wife!	thomas hopkins gallauent - found of gallauent university

famous deaf people! abbe de l'epee this french man played a pivotal role in the history of deaf education. amy ecklund amy ecklund is a deaf actress who recently received a cochlear implant. andrew foster The first deaf african american gallaudet graduate and founder of schools for the deaf in africa. anthony natale howie seago the best deaf actors around today. c.j. jones a look at the career of this longtime deaf african american actor and comedian. christy smith, deaf survivor An episode of "Survivor" included a deaf contestant, christy smith. curtis pride A contemporary baseball player who is deaf. deanne bray deaf cctress and television star . douglas tilden profile of a famous deaf sculptor sometimes referred to as the "michelangelo of the west." dr. richard orin cornett A look at the career of dr. richard orin cornett, the developer of cued speech. dummy hoy A deaf baseball player who has yet to make it into the hall of fame.   heather whitestone mccallum she was the first - and maybe the only - deaf miss america. . I. king jordan I. king jordan is the first deaf president of gallaudet university. james "deaf" burke He was a boxer in the 19th century. juliette low the founder of the girl scouts in america was deafened. . kenny walker For awhile, he was a professional deaf football player. laura bridgman julia brace two largely-forgotten deafblind women from the 19th century. laurent clerc He was perhaps the most important deaf man in history. lou ferrigno A bodybuilder and actor with hearing loss. louis frisino deaf painter of realistic-looking animals. Marlee Matlin well-known deaf actresses. Michelle Banks michelle banks is an african american deaf performer. phyllis frelich and linda bove two of the most respected deaf actresses. rush limbaugh rush limbaugh experienced sudden deafness. samuel heinicke learn more about the father of oral deaf education. terrylene actress thomas edison this historic inventor had a hearing loss. vinton cerf the "father of the Internet" happens to be hard of hearing.

major deaf films! adada 1989 adada is a deaf young woman who enters into an arranged marriage with what appears to be a pleasant, young man. however some years later her husband becomes involved with drink and prostitutes and abruptly leaves her. alpine fire 1985 a family lives a simple farming life in a remote mountain area. the son, a deaf-mute, struggles with the uncontrollable passions of adolescence. amy 1981 amy goes to work with blind and deaf children in a school where the two rarely mix. she is there as a speech teacher because as soon as we learn none of the deaf children speak at all. and now tomorrow 1944 a doctor experimenting with a cure for deafness, he falls in love with a patient who became deaf following meningitis. and your name is jonah 1979 a dead child is also regarded as having learning difficulties but his parents work hard to disprove this. eventually he is taught sign language and is able to escape from his isolation. askari 2002 marliee martin plays a aunt and communiacte with her neice and her boyfriend using sign lanaguge. though they speak to her and don't use sign, the aunt also speaks and she types on a laptop while her neice reads out her words for the benefits of the illiterate bangkok dangerous 1999 a stylist thriller about bangkok's crime scene in which a hit man is deaf. apparently he is unable to speak rather than chooses not to. there is little dialogue in the film and when people speak to the deaf  hit man they do so very slowly. beethoven - my days in life 1976 film about beethoven - lived from 1770 to 1827 - look at the time from when he first started to become dead in 1813 and within 8 years he was completely deaf. beyond silence 1996 a woman, lara, from being a child has had to act as a go-between for her parents who are both deaf and with speech impairment. the film shows her as a child and as a adult. as a child she is committed to her parents and misses out on her schooling through putting her parents need first. big little person 1919 following scarlet fever, a school teacher becomes deaf. her fiancee suspects she fancies another man who has invented a hearing aid. he smashed her ring, she faints, hit her head and recovers her hearing. blue moon 1999 a young mother has a 5 year old daughter who is deaf. the girls deafness results from rebulla - better known as german measles - and the mother blames herself. the girl goes to speech therapist because her mother doesn't want her to learn signing. but when she goes to the hospital, she discovers the therapist has been teaching her signing. blue roedo 1996 a mother has a young deaf son, moved and settled in a new town - where she is given guidance and support - falls in love with a hearing man played by kris kristopherson. breaking through 1996 a 14 year old deaf girl escaped from her abusive father, it is revealled that she has been locked in her home all her life. she cannot read or write and doesn't know sign language although she appears to understand some of the signing by the social worker. bridge to silence 1989 a deaf woman's husband is killed in a freak accident - he was a teacher at gallent university -  which leaves her battling for custody of her children. her father can only finger spell whereas her mother can only talk. children of lesser god 1986 a hearing teacher at a deaf school forbiddenly falls in love with a deaf cleaner working in the school. he tried to get her to speak his language but failed. dead silence 1997 three escaped convicts take the busload full of deaf children and their teachers hostage and took them in refuge at a old factory when the police started to pursue them. dummy 1979 true story of a black, deaf and speech impaired teenager who is accused of 1st degree murder. his case is defended by a deaf lawyer. four weddings and a funeral 1994 romance comedy involving a bridegroom in this hilarious wedding sequences. charles has a deaf brother! johnny belinda 1948 a deaf woman is raped - a doctor befriended her and taught her sign language is accussed of being the father of the baby she is expecting. mandy 1955 a mothers descison whether to send her deaf  daughter to a deaf school or to keep her at home, in the end she decided to send her daughter to school which results in her learning to say her name. story of alexander graham bell 1939 alexander graham bell fell in love with a deaf girl while teaching at a deaf school. this impetus him to invent the telephone - they later married. summer to remember 1985 a oung oy became deaf after having meningitis. then an orangutan came into his life and becomes his friend - they communicated using sign language. suspect 1987 a deaf  tramp is accused of murder, through using a device at his trial, his lawyer played by cher  defended him and won. when justice fails 1987 a deaf lawyer involved in the defence of two sex convicts who are later murdered, she and the detective investigating the case are getting on brilliantly well until she becomes a suspect.