History_Of_Deaf_Technology

History Of Deaf Technology Technology Research Hearing Dogs for Deaf People was started in America. In 1979, there was an international conference for vets. At the conference, they mentioned Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. A man named Bruce Fogle was at the conference. He was very interested in the Hearing Dogs. When he got back home he wrote to the RNID. Eventually enough money was found from several different places, and the first training center was set up. The first training center was at Chinook in Oxfordshire, and the project was launched in February 1982. Bruce Fogle is now the Vice-Chairman of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. A man named Anthony Blunt was incharge of setting up the hearing dogs for deaf people operation. He was the first administrator and the first trainer. Anthony Blunt is now the Director General. Anthony had been a Police Dog Instructor for 30 years. Favour, Blunts dog, was the first Hearing Dog in this country. Favour was a rescue dog from the National Canine Defense League. When Favour was fully trained, Anthony traveled around the UK giving talks, demonstrations and raising money. The next 4 years he trained Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. In 1983, a hearing dog center opened deaf, first, tty, people, dogs, hearing, captioning, became, very, ttys, television, service, public, now, dog, years, closed, anthony, work, trained, telecommunications, phones, need, nci, national, named, interpreters, hard-of-hearing, favour, developed, conference, center, captions, bureau, began, 1980s