02338cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000280011324501010014126400510024230000470029333600260034033700260036633800360039250000310042850801190045952012760057853400450185465300260189965300390192585600430196499900170200723320UtSlPG20260610133532.0mcr n260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHV1 aBest, Harry,d1880-197114aThe Deaf :bTheir Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2007  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2007-11-04  aProduced by Audrey Longhurst, Stephen Blundell and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Deaf" by Harry Best is a sociological study written in the early 20th century. The work examines the position of deaf individuals in American society and evaluates the provisions made for their education. It explores the often overlooked status and challenges faced by the deaf community, how society perceives them, and the legislative actions relevant to their welfare.  The opening of the study introduces its objectives, emphasizing a need to understand the deaf population's standing in society while surveying their historical and contemporary treatment. Best outlines the scope of his investigation, which includes extensive research from various documents, reports, and personal correspondence related to schools and organizations for the deaf. He discusses the differentiation between the terms "deaf" and "dumb," clarifying that deafness is primarily concerned with the loss of hearing, and most deaf individuals possess the ability to speak to varying extents. Furthermore, the text provides insights into the number of deaf individuals in the United States, their conditions, and the medical or social mechanisms in place affecting their lives, forming a foundation for the discussions to follow in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aDeaf -- United States  aDeaf -- Education -- United States40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23320  c64372d64372