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Nov 4, 2014 · Though some deaf people became unforeseen casualties of home front security, evidence has also emerged about how many were involved in the country's war effort.
Dec 7, 2012 · Deaf People in the First World War. When the First World War began, the editor of the British Deaf Times (BDT), Joseph Hepworth, discussed the war, and among other things what possiblities there might be for Deaf people to help with the war effort (Vol. 11 p.204-6).
Nov 4, 2014 · Whilst over 700,000 British soldiers lost their lives in WW1, it’s estimated nearly two million were left disabled. According to Peter Brown, a deaf historian at City Lit, an adult education college in London, approximately 30,000 of these soldiers were deafened.
This year has seen many commemorations of the centenary of World War One. It was one of history’s deadliest conflicts, claiming millions of lives. Stories featuring deaf people of that period have remained largely hidden but have been pulled together by See Hear ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
Nov 4, 2014 · The untold stories of deaf people in WWI. An entry on the BBC Ouch blog on the fates of deaf ex-soldiers. When the war broke out, sentries were deployed across the country and security was tightened. But many deaf people were unaware of the new rules … and paid for it with their lives.
Oct 29, 2018 · We will demonstrate how noise-induced sensorineural hearing loss, and other causes of deafness, were prevalent in the trenches of World War I. We argue that, because of a lack of understanding of pathophysiology, and the culture of the army at that time, hearing loss was underreported and underdiagnosed, to the detriment of the soldiers.
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Oct 23, 2014 · Before WW1, deafness was stigmatized and deaf people were often assumed to also be mentally disabled. It was not thought possible to cure or assist those who were deaf from birth. As soldiers began to return from the battlefield with damaged hearing or acquired deafness, perceptions slowly began to change.
