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Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing : ウィキペディア英語版 | Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing
The Boston Guild for the Hard of Hearing (BGHH) was founded in 1916 as the Speech Reader's Guild by Mildred Kennedy, Anna L. Staples, and Clara M. Ziegler, three teachers at the Mueller-Walle School of Lip Reading in Boston. Until its closure in 2003, the BGHH was the largest nonprofit organization in New England dedicated to serving the needs of people with hearing impairment. Although the BGHH closed, the Speech Audiology Department at Northeastern University continues the BGHH's mission to provide services to the hearing impaired.〔 Claire K. Kennedy served as Executive Director of BGHH for 30 thirty years, beginning in 1951. Under her leadership the organization pioneered several innovative initiatives, including: a pilot project to recruit trainers to work with hearing impaired persons, televised lip reading instruction, use of mobile screening units to conduct mass screenings in community settings, aiding in the establishment of hearing conservation programs in industries with high noise levels, the Infrared Listening System, and development of a 40-hour volunteer-administered course to teach lip reading skills to senior citizens living in remote areas. The records of the BGHH are housed at the (Northeastern University Archive ), which maintains a specific (finding aid ) for the BGHH collection. == Purpose ==
According to the research conducted by the BGHH organization, three to five percent of public school children have incipient deafness. Thousands of children have not yet been discovered to have the disability. The research represents a condition which is left uncared for and neglected, resulting in a large percentage of deafened adults destined to become more or less of a burden to the community – a serious economic problem.〔"Boston Guild for The Hard of Hearing" the Boston Guild for The Hard of Hearing records, 1916-2003. Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Department (Box 2, Folder 31), Northeastern University Libraries, Boston, MA〕
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