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Deafness

Here are entered works on the lack of sense of hearing, including the lack combined with the inability to speak, i.e. deaf-mutism. Works on the inability to speak whether from any functional or physical cause other than deafness are entered under Mutism.

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• Deafness -- Social aspects
• Deafness -- Treatment
• Acoustic trauma
• Deafness, Noise induced
• Meniere's disease
• Otosclerosis
• Presbycusis

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• Notes and observations upon the education of the deaf, with a revised index to Education of deaf children: (Volta bureau, 1892), by Joseph Claybaugh Gordon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les dégénérescences auditives (Bloud & cie, 1909), by Armand Marie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deaf mutism; a clinical and pathological study (J. MacLehose and sons, 1896), by James Kerr Love and William Hall Addison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ears and the man; studies in social work for the deafened (F.A. Davis Company, 1926), by Annetta Weaver Peck (page images at HathiTrust)
• A comparison of the intelligence of deaf and hearing children (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1933), by Keith MacKane (page images at HathiTrust)
• The deaf; their position in society and the provision for their education in the United States (Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1914), by Harry Best (page images at HathiTrust)
• Occupational conditions among the deaf, a report on a national survey conducted by Gallaudet College and the National Association of the Deaf (Washington, 1959), by Gallaudet College, Anders Steen Lunde, and National Association of the Deaf (page images at HathiTrust)
• The acoustic method for the training of the deaf, and hard-of-hearing child (The Laryngoscope Press, 1939), by Max A. Goldstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Aural re-education, psychological and therapeutic aspects (Coordinating Council of Societies for the Hard of Hearing in Southern California, 1946), by Boris V. Morkovin, Donald R. Caziarc, and Joseph Marion Kinkade (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to get the most from your remaining hearing. ([Minneapolis?, 1956), by Leland A. Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to live with a hearing handicap. (Eriksson, 1963), by Philip H. Val Itallie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Clinical audiology (Grune & Stratton, 1949), by Maurice Saltzman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deafness; its cause, prevention and relief; a compendium of authoritative information (Globe ear-phone Company, 1916), by F. A. Barber and Globe Ear-Phone Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rehabilitation of hearing; a guide to the modern differential diagnosis and treatment of hearing disorders. (Auralgan Research Division, Doho Chemical Corp., 1950), by Victor Lincoln Browd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Problems of the deaf (The Laryngoscope Press, 1933), by Max Aaron Goldstein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Deafness, tinnitus, and vertigo. (Nelson, 1948), by Samuel Joseph Kopetzky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Defective speech and deafness. (E. S. Werner, 1895), by Lillie Eginton Warren (page images at HathiTrust)
• Otites et surdités de guerre : diagnostic -- traitement expertises. (Masson et cie, 1917), by H. Bourgeois and Maurice Sourdille (page images at HathiTrust)
• The school status of the hard of hearing child; an analysis of the intelligence, the achievement, and certain personality traits of the hard of hearing school child (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1931), by Richard Madden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Motor abilities of deaf children (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1932), by John Alexander Long (page images at HathiTrust)
• The measurement of certain aspects of personality among hard of hearing adults (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1932), by Henry Hunter Welles (page images at HathiTrust)
• A comparison of the intelligence of deaf and hearing children: (Teachers college. Columbia university, 1933), by Keith MacKane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mechanical ability of deaf children (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1938), by Mildred Bacon Stanton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing enhancement. (Thomas, 1960), by John A Victoreen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The nature and treatment of deafness and diseases of the ear : and the treatment of the deaf and dumb. (Lea and Blanchard, 1848), by William Dufton and M.D. Rare Book Collection of Rush University Medical Center at the University of Chicago Stanton A. Friedberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• War deafness and its prevention, report of the labyrinths of the animals used in testing of preventive measures. (Middle ears previously reported) ([St. Louis, 1919), by Stacy Rufus Guild (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité des maladies de l'oreille et de l'audition (Méquignon-Marvis, 1821), by Jean Marc Gaspard Itard and Méquignon-Marvis (page images at HathiTrust)
• A popular treatise on deafness: its causes and prevention (Carleton, 1862), by Dr. Lighthill and E. Bunford Lighthill (page images at HathiTrust)
• On deafness, giddiness, and noises in the head (P. Blakiston, son, & co., 1897), by Edward Woakes and Claud Edward Woakes (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the varieties of deafness, and diseases of the ear : with proposed methods of relieving them (Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1829), by William Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rehabilitation of the deaf and the hard of hearing; a manual for rehabilitation case workers ... (U.S. Govt. print. off., 1942), by Robert E. Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vascular deafness (Baillière, Tindall & Cox, 1886), by Robert Thomas Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• New vistas for competitive employment of deaf persons (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social and Rehabilitation Service, 1973), by James L. Collins and William Newton Craig (page images at HathiTrust)
• National strategic research plan for hearing and hearing impairment and voice and voice disorders. (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 1992), by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook on including hearing-impaired students in college allied health programs. (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, 1983), by MESA Corporation and United States. Office for Civil Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tips on car care and safety for deaf drivers. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guidelines for improvements to transit accessibility for people with disabilities. (1992), by Nancy L. Coburn, C. Martin, R. Thompson, and D. Norstrom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing disorders and commercial motor vehicle drivers. Final report. (1992), by Thomas J. Songer, Ronald LaPorte, C. V. Palmer, Lester B. Lave, E. Talbott, J. S. Gibson, and L. A. Austin (page images at HathiTrust)
• La surdi-mutité : étude médicale (Maloine ;, 1900), by Étienne Saint-Hilaire (page images at HathiTrust)
• The causes and prevention of deafness. Four lectures delivered under the auspices of the National bureau for promoting the general welfare of the deaf ([Wayre & son, ltd., printers, 1913), by James Kerr Love, Leo Bonn, and National Institute for the Deaf (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Mechanical ability of deaf children (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1938), by Mildred Bacon Stanton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das Auswendiglernen und Auswendighersagen in physio-psychologischer, pädagogischer und sprachlicher Hinsicht : mit Berücksichtigung der Taubstummen (Leopold Voss, 1883), by Johann Ignaz Hoppe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing loss. (National Institute on Aging, 2002), by National Institute on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old junk (A. A. Knopf, 1921), by H. M. Tomlinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The hearing of school children, a statistical study of audio- metric and clinical reports (Society for Research in Child Development, National Research Council, 1941), by Antonio Ciocco and Carroll Edwards Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deafness and cheerfulness (Little, Brown, and Company, 1901), by A. W. Jackson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lettre sur les sourds et muets, à l'usage de ceux qui entendent & qui parlent. Adressée à M**. (s.n.], 1751), by Denis Diderot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hear better (Funk & Wagnalls company, 1937), by Hugh Grant Rowell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing is believing (World Pub. Co., 1949), by Marie Heiner (page images at HathiTrust)
• American annals of the deaf and dumb. (Brown & Parsons, 1847), by Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf and Dumb and at Hartford American Asylum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Environment and the deaf child. (Thomas, 1956), by Steven B. Getz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Speechreading failure in deaf children (U.S. Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, 1969), by Arthur Irwin Neyhus, Helmer R. Myklebust, United States. Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, and Ill.). Institute for Language Disorders Northwestern University (Evanston (page images at HathiTrust)
• A manual of electrophonoïd method of Zünd-Burguet for the treatment of chronic deafness : (auditory re-education) (William Heinemann, 1927), by Macleod Yearsley and Adolphe Zünd-Burguet (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Anatomy and physiology of the organ of hearing : with remarks on congenital deafness, the diseases of the ear, some imperfections of the organ of speech, and the proper treatment of these several affections (Longman [etc.], 1832), by David Tod (page images at HathiTrust)
• On deafness and noises in the ear arising from rheumatism, gout, and neuralgic headache. (Renshaw, 1876), by William Harvey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deafness practically illustrated: being an exposition of original views as to the nature, causes, and treatment of diseases of the ear. (J. Churchill [etc.], 1850), by James Yearsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the artificial tympanum: a new mode of treating deafness, when attended by partial or entire loss of the membrana tympani, associated or not with discharge from the ear. (J. Churchill & Sons, 1868), by James Yearsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• On deafness, giddiness, and noises in the head (Lewis, 1896), by Edward Woakes and Claud Woakes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts about hearing and hearing aids. (Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1979), by Edith L. R. Corliss, United States. National Bureau of Standards, and United States Food and Drug Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über Taubstumme und Hörstumme : praktische Vorlesungen (Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1911), by Emil Fröschels (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Diagnostic et curabilité de la surdité et de la surdi-mutité nerveusse, par la faradisation des muscles moteurs des osselets et de la corde du tympan. (Baillière, 1861), by G.-B. Duchenne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Erfahrungen über die Erkenntniss und Heilung der langwierigen Schwerhörigkeit. (Nicolai, 1833), by Wilhelm Kramer and M.D. Rare Book Collection of Rush University Medical Center at the University of Chicago Stanton A. Friedberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nature and causes of catarrhal, "throat", or hereditary deafness : an explanation of paracusis Willisii, the mechanism of aural accommodation, the regulation of labyrinthine fluid pressure, the tightening of relaxed tympanic membrances and joints, the relief of tinnitus aurium. ***. (Good], 1912), by Charles Joseph Heath and M.D. Rare Book Collection of Rush University Medical Center at the University of Chicago Stanton A. Friedberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Surdites progressives et otospongiose. 1re partie (A. Legrand, 1922), by Jean-Marie Étienne Escat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité des maladies de l'oreille et de l'audition. (Méquignon-Marvis, 1842), by Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, M.D. Rare Book Collection of Rush University Medical Center at the University of Chicago Stanton A. Friedberg, and Méquignon-Marvis (page images at HathiTrust)
• War otitis and war deafness: diagnosis, treatment, medical reports (Univ. of London Press, 1918), by Henri Bourgeois, James Dundas Grant, and M. Sourdille (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An essay on the human ear, its anatomical structure and incidental complaints; intended not only for the medical profession, but also, for the use and benefit of all persons afflicted with deafness, diseases of the ears, or those alarming sensations of noises in the head. Including remarks on the causes and increase of the deaf and dumb; with cautions highly interesting to all mothers and families; by attention to which, such a calamity may be averted. (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Roes, Orme, and Brown [etc., 1817), by William Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• What can we do to relieve deafness due to chronic middle-ear catarrh? (s.n., 1903), by Christopher Philip Linhart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enlarged tonsils : a cause of middleear catarrh (s.n., 1903), by Christopher Philip Linhart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Treatise on the eye and ear rules for the preservation and restoration of sight ; deafness, its causes and progress explained; new discoveries in treatment illustrated with numerous cases (s.n.], 1854), by Frederick A. Cadwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts in relation to diseases of the eye and ear with the results of a new and successful mode of treatment for deafness and blindness (s.n.], 1867), by George F. Ramsdell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über Hörübungen bei Taubstummheit und bei Ertaubung im späteren Lebensalter (Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1895), by Victor Urbantschitsch (page images at HathiTrust)
• The deaf child; a manual for teachers and school doctors. (Wright, 1911), by James Kerr Love (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die chronische progressive Schwerhörigkeit : ihre Erkenntnis und Behandlung (Springer, 1907), by August Lucae (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Übungsbuch für Schwerhörige und Ertaubte : das Ablesen vom Munde (Oldenbourg, 1908), by Franz Xaver Rötzer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die angeborene Taubheit; Beitrag zur Aetiologie und Pathogenese der Taubstummheit. (Hirschwald, 1890), by Holger Mygind (page images at HathiTrust)
• The intermarriage of the deaf : its mental, moral and social tendencies (Burk & McFetridge..., 1887), by Hiram P. Arms (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deafness and diseases of the ear; the fallacies of present treatment exposed, and remedies suggested from the experience of half a century. (Newby, 1860), by William Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing loss: hope through research. (National Institutes of Health; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1973), by National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diseases of the ear in school children, an essay on the prevention of deafness (William Wood, 1919), by James Kerr Love (page images at HathiTrust)
• Effect of noise on hearing of industrial workers; a study of a group of workers in noisy industries. (J.B. Lyon company, printers, 1930), by New York (State). Bureau of Women in Industry and Florence Hulton Frankel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die im kindlichen alter auftretende schwerhörigkeit und ihre pädagogische würdigung. Nebst einem anhang: Das ertaubte kind. (H. Haacke, 1896), by Karl Brauckmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of the comparative value of the hearing clinic program and commercial service for the difficult hearing aid case. ([Springfield, 1948), by Illinois. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Causes of deafness among school children and its influences on education : with remarks on the instruction of pupils with impaired hearing and on aural hygiene in the schools (Gov't Print. Off., 1881), by Samuel Sexton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The physical causes of deafness, report of the Committee on the Physical Causes of Deafness ... (National Research Council, 1928), by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Physical Causes of Deafness (page images at HathiTrust)
• A progress report on the naval aviators' speech discrimination test (Pensacola, Florida : Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Naval Aerospace and Regional Medical Center, 1970., 1970), by James W. Greene and Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The deafened school child : provision for the detection, medical and educational treatment of the deafened school child. Report of the Joint committee on health problems in education of the National education association and the American medical association with the co-operation of the American federation of organizations for the hard of hearing and the New York league for the hard of hearing, inc., 1928 (Communal printing Co., 1928), by Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education, Thomas Denison Wood, New York League for the Hard of Hearing, American Hearing Society, National Education Association of the United States, and American Medical Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing loss : hope through research (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health ;, 1982), by National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke. Office of Scientific and Health Reports and National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• International reports of schools for the deaf : tabulated by continents according to decennial periods of organization, giving in summary, the number of pupils and teachers, the character of schools, and means of instruction employed (Volta Bureau, 1897), by Volta Bureau (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech and hearing hurdles; a practical guide and handbook for classroom teachers and parents (School and College Service, 1951), by John V. Irwin and John K. Duffy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The autobiography of Elizabeth Squirrell of Shottisham, and selections from her writings: together with an examination and defence of her statements relative to her sufferings, blindness, deafness, entire abstinence from food and drink during twenty-five weeks, and other extraordinary phenomena: also facts and opinions illustrative and suggestive: (Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1853), by Elizabeth Squirrell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Laura Bridgman : the story of an opened door (D. Appleton & Co., 1928), by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards and William Henry Burnham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures in Silence, by Herbert W. Collingwood (Gutenberg ebook)

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