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Title: What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know

Author: John Dutton Wright

Release Date: May 23, 2006 [EBook #18439]

Language: English

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WHAT THE MOTHER OF A
DEAF CHILD OUGHT TO KNOW

BY

JOHN DUTTON WRIGHT

FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE WRIGHT ORAL SCHOOL FOR THE
DEAF, NEW YORK CITY; COLLABORATOR OF "THE LARYNGO-
SCOPE" AND THE "VOLTA REVIEW"; DIRECTOR OF THE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE TEACHING
OF SPEECH TO THE DEAF; AUTHOR OF "EDUCA-
TIONAL NEEDS OF THE DEAF," FOR THE
GUIDANCE OF PHYSICIANS

[Illustration: Logo]

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

_Copyright, 1915, by_

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

_All rights reserved, including that of translation
into foreign languages_

_March, 1915_

TO MY WIFE

AT WHOSE SUGGESTION THIS LITTLE BOOK
WAS WRITTEN IN ORDER THAT MOTHERS
MAY DO ALL IN THEIR POWER FOR
THEIR DEAF CHILDREN

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
PREFACE ix-xix

I. FACING THE FACTS 1

II. HOW SHALL THE MOTHER BEGIN HER PART OF THE WORK? 5

III. HOW SHALL THE MOTHER GET INTO COMMUNICATION
WITH HER DEAF CHILD? 13

IV. WHAT ABOUT THE BABY'S SPEECH? 20

V. DEVELOPING THE MENTAL FACULTIES 22

VI. DEVELOPING THE LUNGS 30

VII. THE CULTIVATION OF CREATIVE IMAGINATION 32