Articles about historic deaf and hearing people, including the Abbe de L'Epee, Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Foster, Dummy Hoy, Erastus Smith, Helen Keller, Heather Whitestone, Douglas Tilden, Juliette Low, Laura Bridgman, Laurent Clerc, and Thomas Edison.
Review of the biography Moments of Truth: Robert R. Davila, The Story of a Deaf Leader.
Profile of Shelley Beattie, a professional, award-winning deaf bodybuilder
Gary Malkowski is thought to be the first deaf person ever elected to a political office.
Profile of deaf inventor Robert Weitbrecht, who invented the telphone typewriter (TTY).
This French man played a pivotal role in the history of deaf education.
Going beyond the telephone, the hearing Bell was an active member of the deaf community.
The first deaf African American Gallaudet graduate and founder of schools for the deaf in Africa.
Resources for learning about deaf people in ancient history.
Forum members discuss that inspirational deafblind woman, Helen Keller.
Profile of a famous deaf sculptor sometimes referred to as the "Michelangelo of the West."
A look at the career of Dr. Richard Orin Cornett, the developer of cued speech.
A deaf baseball player who has yet to make it into the Hall of Fame.
The only deaf man known to have an entire county named after him.
Helen Keller is perhaps the best-known deafblind person ever.
He was a boxer in the 19th century.
The founder of the Girl Scouts in America was deafened.
He founded the now defunct
Silent News.
Two largely-forgotten deafblind women from the 19th century.
He was perhaps the most important deaf man in history.
Profile of Granville Redmond, a very collectible deaf artist.
Profile of Laura C.Redden Searing, a deaf woman who was a published journalist and poet.
Profile of Rocky Stone, founder of Self Help for Hard of Hearing People.
Learn more about the father of oral deaf education.
In 1998, About visitors were asked for feedback on King Jordan's performance as president of Gallaudet University.
This historic inventor had a hearing loss.
Thomas H. Gallaudet is one of the few people in deaf history to be honored on a postage stamp.
The hearing man for whom Gallaudet University is named.
