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deaf
deaf deaf as an adder proverbial expression meaning very deaf, probably originally with biblical allusion to the ‘deaf adder that stoppeth her ear’ of Psalm 58:4–5, ‘Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers: charming never so wisely.’a deaf husband and a... Read more |
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Akita
Akita In 1969, Akita, Japan, was the site of one of the more prominent modern series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary. While praying, Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a young postulate of the Order of the Handmaids of the Eucharist, a Roman Catholic order community, received a locution, a clairaudient... Read more |
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , 1787-1851, American educator of the deaf, b. Philadelphia, grad. Andover Theological Seminary. In England and France he studied methods of education in schools for the deaf, and in Hartford, Conn., he founded (1817) the first such free school in the United States. He was... Read more |
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lip reading
lip reading method by which the deaf are able to read the speech of others from the movements of the lips and mouth. It is sometimes referred to as speech reading, which technically also includes the reading of facial expressions and body language. Lip reading is a medium of education in many... Read more |
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National Theatre of the Deaf
National Theatre of the Deaf. The idea for a professional touring ensemble of deaf performers was first discussed in the 1950s but did not become a working reality until the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center took it under its aegis in 1966. The group employs an effectively dramatized version of... Read more |
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deafness
deafness partial or total lack of hearing. It may be present at birth (congenital) or may be acquired at any age thereafter. A person who cannot detect sound at an amplitude of 20 decibels in a frequency range of from 800 to 1,800 vibrations per second is said to be hard of hearing. The ear... Read more |
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Gallaudet University
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY. Situated in Northeast Washington, D.C., Gallaudet University is "the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf," where students are taught primarily through American Sign Language. Initially called the Columbia Institute for the Instruction of the... Read more |
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Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809-1889) was an American educator and scientist who, as president of Columbia College, worked to develop the institution into a modern university. Frederick Barnard was born in Sheffield, Mass., on May 5, 1809. He... Read more |
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Belleville
Belleville city (1991 pop. 37,243), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Machinery, automotive accessories, optical lenses, and cheddar cheese are made there. Belleville is the seat of Albert College and the Ontario School for the Deaf.... Read more |
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Ephphatha
Ephphatha [Aramaic,=be opened], in the Gospel of St. Mark, words addressed by Jesus to a deaf-mute as Jesus made him hear and speak. As elsewhere in Mark, the Greek text retains and translates the Aramaic words.... Read more |
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Single gene linked to deafness.(News)
A SINGLE gene may provide important...causes of some types of deafness, research suggests. When the FGF20 gene was "knocked out...associated with inherited deafness in families that were...independently of one another," said lead researcher... |
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Experts find gene linked to deafness
A single gene may provide important...causes of some types of deafness, studies suggest. When the FGF20 gene was "knocked out...associated with inherited deafness in otherwise healthy...independently of one another," said lead researcher... |
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GENE MUTATION WILL HELP IN SCREENING FOR DEAFNESS.(News)
...a gene mutation linked to deafness may actually be...genetic causes of deafness in families that...being passed on to another child. ``This...test a fetus for deafness, Lench said. If...have the defective ... |
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MUTATION LINKED TO DEAFNESS AMONG ASHKENAZI JEWS.(MAIN)
...all cases of hereditary deafness among Jews of Eastern...discovered on the same gene -- could lead to prenatal...for other studies. The deafness mutation was found in...general population. Another mutation on the same...half of all childhood ... |
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The architecture of hearing; the cloning of a string of genes that, when...
...They can trace another family legacy...cause of their deafness. Now the 20...deafness. The gene, described in...to track down genes for non-syndromic...to comparable genes in humans. She...one of their genes ... |
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Interview: Dr. Richard Wilson discusses his work in sequencing genes
...contains genes linked to cystic...hereditary deafness and cancer...characterize the gene for cystic...chromosome to another. We can...hereditary deafness. This is another gene that we ... |
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Deaf parents demand the right to have deaf children; As gene checks offer...
...blindness and deafness. Tests for cystic...to carry the gene, and 20 babies...In the case of deafness, some 50 genes have been linked to the condition...to obliterate deafness from society...thing but not ... |
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Mutation in transcription factor POU4F3 associated with inherited progressive...
...repertoire of genes to orchestrate...Myo6) (5). Another POU-domain...causes human X-linked mixed deafness, DFN3 (6...human deafness genes (5, 13...identify candidate genes in the DFNA15...candidate for a ... |
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Altered Cochlear Fibrocytes in a Mouse Model of DFN3 Nonsyndromic...
Hereditary deafness affects about 1...X chromosome-linked nonsyndromic deafness, is clinically...which encodes another POU factor, are...hereditary nonsyndromic deafness, DFNA15, and...neomycin-resistance gene driven by ... |
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SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY FIRST GENE LINKED TO SCOLIOSIS
...several different genes that work in concert with one another - and the environment...soon find other genes involved in the disease. The CHD7 gene is thought to play...abnormalities and deafness, among other problems...sought treatment and ... |
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