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Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York: with an elaborate border. Line engraving by J.D. Smillie after Davis.

A vicar using sign language to the congregation at a service at a deaf and dumb church. Wood engraving after A.S. Hartick (?).

A man attempting to alert a deaf farmer using an ear trumpet as to the plight of his horses and cart. Coloured etching.

Christ cures a deaf man with his hands. Woodcut.

The Deaf and Dumb institution, Cabra, Ireland. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after C. Geoghegan.

A stockbroker feigning deafness to avoid paying the man who claims to have restored his hearing. Coloured etching, 1786.

Sordomuti institute, Bologna: bird's eye view of the San Giuseppe courtyard. Process print.

Asylum for the deaf and dumb, Camberwell. Engraving, 1834.

Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, New York. Coloured wood engraving.

Hannah Thatcher, deaf and dumb since birth, taught to hear and speak by W. Wright. Stipple engraving by J. Rogers, 1823, after Miss R.E. Drummond.

Queen Victoria using sign language to talk to Mrs B. Tuffield, a deaf mute woman. Process print after H. Ash.

A chair designed for use by the deaf, incorporating a hearing device. Engraving with etching, 1770/1830?.

The education of the deaf and dumb practically considered : with an illustrated method of articulate speech / by S. E. Hull.

A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.

Deaf-mutism / by Holger Mygind.

At the Blew-Ball in Sir William Pritchards [sic] rents in Haydon-Yard in the  Little-Minories near the Tower, London, liveth Mr. Elmy, operator, occulist, and practitioner of that noble art of healing: who.

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Hearing Loss

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Images referencing Hearing Loss

Works from the collections

The education of the deaf and dumb practically considered : with an illustrated method of articulate speech / by S. E. Hull.

A man attempting to alert a deaf farmer using an ear trumpet as to the plight of his horses and cart. Coloured etching.

A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.

Deaf-mutism / by Holger Mygind.

At the Blew-Ball in Sir William Pritchards [sic] rents in Haydon-Yard in the Little-Minories near the Tower, London, liveth Mr. Elmy, operator, occulist, and practitioner of that noble art of healing: who.

Hearing Loss

Images from the collections

Images referencing Hearing Loss

Works from the collections

The education of the deaf and dumb practically considered : with an illustrated method of articulate speech / by S. E. Hull.

A man attempting to alert a deaf farmer using an ear trumpet as to the plight of his horses and cart. Coloured etching.

A doctor tests a patient's hearing with a pistol. Colour process print after H. Nymark, 1977.

Deaf-mutism / by Holger Mygind.

At the Blew-Ball in Sir William Pritchards [sic] rents in Haydon-Yard in the Little-Minories near the Tower, London, liveth Mr. Elmy, operator, occulist, and practitioner of that noble art of healing: who.

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