Laurent Clerc Essay

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John Hooper Per:2 ASL2 3/17/12 Laurent Clerc: The Story Of His Early Years For my second out of class function in ASL class I chose to do a book report. I did a book report because my first out of class function was based on a deaf event. The book I read was about Laurent Clerc and was called The Story of his Early Years. Laurent Clerc's full name was Louis Laurent Marie Clerc. Clerc was born on December 26, 1785 in France. The exact city in France was a city called, La Balme les Grottes. La Balme les Grottes was a village. Clerc was born, his family on the famous/ well known side, in this village. Joseph Clerc was the name of his father, Clerc's father was an important man. He was the royal civil attorney and the mayor of the village they lived in. Coming to the conclusion that Clerc was apart of a well known family his great grandfather was also a notary public in a town close by theirs. Being deaf is not very common but Clerc was a man that was deaf. It isn't for sure how Clerc became deaf. He was either born that way or there is rumors that when Clerc was very young, one years old to be exact, he fell into a fire and severely burnt his face. Clerc's family thought that this innocent caused him to lose hearing and his ability to smell. On the other hand this is how Clerc developed a name sign as a kid. This accident left a big scar on his face and the scar was the base/ roots of his name sign. Moving on with his life when Clerc turned seven and decided to go be treated for his deafness. His mom went with him to a physician to a city nearby where they lived. They decided to put Laurent through a process that could help his hearing. The process would take about two weeks. After two weeks nothing really changed in his hearing so he was not cured. During those two weeks Clerc had many liquids injected into his ears so a long road for nothing. Clerc's life as a child

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