Originally published in 1930, The Deaf Mute Howls flew in the face
of the accepted practice of teaching deaf children to speak and
read lips while prohibiting the use of sign language. The sharp
observations in Albert Ballin's remarkable book detail his
experiences (and those of others) at a late 19th-century
residential school for deaf students and his frustrations as an
adult seeking acceptance in the majority hearing society. The Deaf
Mute Howls charts the ambiguous attitudes of deaf people toward
themselves at this time. Ballin himself makes matter-of-fact use of
terms now considered disparaging, such as "deaf-mute," and he
frequently rues the "atrophying" of the parts of his brain
necessary for language acquisition. At the same time, he rails
against the loss of opportunity for deaf people, and he
commandingly shifts the burden of blame to hearing people unwilling
to learn the "Universal Sign Language," his solution to the
communication problems of society. From his lively encounters with
Alexander Graham Bell (whose desire to close residential schools he
surprisingly supports) to his enthrallment with the film industry,
Ballin's highly readable book offers an appealing look at the deaf
world during his richly colored lifetime.
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