Abbé Charles-Michel De L'epée - Research Article from Science and Its Times

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 1 page of information about Abbé Charles-Michel De L'epée.
Encyclopedia Article

Abbé Charles-Michel De L'epée - Research Article from Science and Its Times

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 1 page of information about Abbé Charles-Michel De L'epée.
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French priest and physician who worked extensively with the deaf. Embarrassed by his failure to recognize deafness in two girls he was trying to speak with, l'Epée devoted a great deal of attention to developing sign language and finger-spelling for the deaf. By so doing, he demonstrated that the deaf are capable of learning, something not recognized at the time. Since then, other advances such as the development of American Sign Language and other devices have become available to the deaf community.

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