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Deaf and dumb and blind. A man that is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot, he being supposed incapable of any understanding. Nevertheless, a deaf and dumb person, i.e., a 'mute by the visitation of God,' may be tried for felony if the prisoner can read or write and be made to understand by means of signs or symbols (1 Leach, C. L. 102). As to when he is a competent witness, see Tayl. on Evid. s. 1248; John Ruston's case (1786), Leach, Cr Ca 408.There is, general, no separate affliction of dumbness, apart from deafness, of which dumbness is the necessary result.Education.--As to the education of afflicted children, provision is made for instruction suitable to the condition of the child by the (English) Education Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 51), ss. 61-67....
deaf and dumb
both deaf and unable to speak without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech Same as Deaf mute...
deaf muteness
the condition of being a deaf mute a congenital deafness that results in inability to speak...
Deaf
Wanting the sense of hearing either wholly or in part unable to perceive sounds hard of hearing as a deaf man...
Deaf mute
A person who is deaf and dumb one who through deprivation or defect of hearing has either failed the acquire the power of speech or has lost it...
hard of hearing
having a reduced ability to hear but not fully deaf partly deaf...
Chirology
The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb See Dactylalogy...
Cinchonism
A condition produced by the excessive or long continued use of quinine and marked by deafness roaring in the ears vertigo etc...
Dactylology
The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb...
deaf aid
an electronic device which amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing...
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