Produced by Kathryn Lybarger, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net 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 VIII. FURTHER TESTS OF HEARING 34 IX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDUAL HEARING 38 X. DEVELOPING THE POWER OF LIP-READING 43 XI. FORMING CHARACTER 47 XII. CULTIVATING THE SOCIAL INSTINCT 50 XIII. SOMETHING ABOUT SCHOOLS AND METHODS 53 XIV. THE PRESERVATION OF SPEECH. WHEN DEAFNESS RESULTS FROM ACCIDENT OR ILLNESS AFTER INFANCY 58 XV. TEACHING LIP-READING 61 XVI. SCHOOL AGE 63 XVII. ORGANIZED EFFORTS BY PARENTS TO OBTAIN BETTER EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS 65 XVIII. A PERSONAL MATTER FOR EACH PARENT 68 XIX. DAY SCHOOLS 72 XX. THE DEAF CHILD AT FIVE YEARS OF AGE 73 XXI. SCHOOLS FOR THE HEARING AND PRIVATE GOVERNESSES 75 XXII. IMPORTANCE OF THE BEGINNING 80 XXIII. AVOID THE YOUNG AND INEXPERIENCED TEACHER 82 XXIV. ON ENTERING SCHOOL 83