Vermont Center For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing
The Vermont Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a non-profit organization, is the primary educational and support services resource for Deaf and Hard of Hearing residents in Vermont and surrounding areas. Headquartered at Brattleboro's Austine school for the Deaf, the Vermont Center was launched by the Austine School in 1998 and continues to operate it today. The Austine School is one of four independent schools and twelve outreach programs through which the Vermont Center assists thousands of Vermonters who have hearing loss.
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—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)
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in words of cloud-shadows moving and
the unmoving turn of the road, something
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“Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we have to shout.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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