Abbé Charles-Michel De L'epée
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 wi...
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Charles-Michel de l'Epee (1712-1789) founded the first public school for the hearing-impaired in France. He devoted his life to developing the world's first sign alphabet for the deaf. Epee is also cr...
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Abbé Charles-Michel De L'epée
Charles Michel de l' Epee