International Congress for Education Hearing Impaired, Hamburg 1980 - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1980 - 90 Pfennig

From the 4th to the 8th of August 1980 the 16th International Congress will be held in Hamburg at the invitation of the "German Society for the Promotion of Hearing-Aid-Afflicted Patients" and the "Association of German deaf-mute teachers, professional association of deaf and hearing-impaired teachers" Education Hearing impaired instead. The name of Hamburg is closely linked to the beginnings of German deaf-mute pedagogy. From 1768 to 1778 Samuel Heinicke, cantor and school teacher in Hamburg-Eppendorf, taught deaf-mute children. His teaching method - the sound language method, which is also referred to in some countries as the "German Method" - and the establishment of the first public deaf and dumb institution in Leipzig in 1778 made him the founder of German deaf education. The International Congress for Education Hearing Impaired is being carried out for the first time in its more than 100-year history in the Federal Republic of Germany. The Congress addresses the current state of education and training of the deaf and the hard of hearing, in particular the issues of preschool education, parental guidance, teaching methods, curriculum development and teaching organization. The problems of medical and psychological diagnostics, technical aids as well as sociological and communication-theoretical questions are also important. The Congress wishes to continue contributing to the social and occupational integration of the deaf and the hard of hearing. In 1878, the International Congress for the Education and Training of the Hearing-impaired was constituted in Paris. For decades, methodological problems in teaching the deaf were the focus of discussion. Decisive impulses in the question of the choice of method in the language education of the deaf went out in 1880 from the Milan Congress; The effects of the "Milan Decrees" can still be found today in schools for the deaf. In the more recent past of the Congress, the methodological problems have been overlaid with issues of educational, social and professional integration of the hearing impaired. The congress in Hamburg will for the first time accentuate problems of deaf education. (Text: Hans W. Döring, German Congress Secretariat)