Central Institute for the Deaf

School in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

CID - Central Institute for the Deaf

Location

St. Louis, Missouri

Coordinates| 38°37′58″N 90°15′47″W﻿ / ﻿38.632714°N 90.262967°W﻿ / 38.632714; -90.262967
Information
Type| Listening and Spoken Language School for Children Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Motto| Where Children Learn to Listen, Talk, Read and Succeed
Established| 1914
School district| St. Louis, Missouri
Principal| Lynda Berkowitz
Affiliation| Washington University School of Medicine
Executive Director| Robin Feder
Board President| Scott Monette
Address| 825 S. Taylor Ave.
Saint Louis, MO 63110
Languages| English
Website| www.cid.edu
Central Institute for the Deaf as seen across I-64, May 2018

Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) is a school for the deaf that teaches students using listening and spoken language, also known as the auditory-oral approach. The school is located in St. Louis, Missouri. CID is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis.

## History

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CID was founded in 1914 by Max Aaron Goldstein a renowned ear, nose and throat physician. Dr. Goldstein set out to do what most thought was impossible at the time – teach deaf children to talk. Goldstein built on techniques he had learned at the Vienna Polyclinic in Austria from Victor Urbantschisch related to methods of teaching the deaf how to speak using "remnants" of hearing.[1] When CID's new school building opened two years later, it had become enormously successful and it auditory-oral methods were groundbreaking.

Goldstein's original vision included more than a school. He believed that having physicians, teachers and researchers work side by side on issues related to hearing and deafness was essential. He began training teachers of the deaf in 1914. In 1931, that teacher training program affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis becoming the first deaf education teacher training program in the country to be offered through a college or university.

The 1930s also saw the development of a research department that aimed to better understand the anatomy and science of hearing. Under the direction of Hallowell Davis, who came to CID from Harvard University, the research department would go on to become world-renowned for its work related to hearing and deafness, attracting some of the world's top faculty over the next seven decades. Davis' early work there was done during World War II on behalf of the Veterans Administration, developing improved hearing aids for those who had sustained hearing loss in combat.[2] This research laid the foundation for what would become the field of audiology.

It was in 1947 that CID established one of the country's first two university training programs in audiology, a Ph.D. degree, through its affiliation with Washington University in St. Louis. Within a few months of each other, both CID/Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University had enrolled students and officially launched the country's academic training efforts in audiology. Both programs continue today as top-ranked leaders in audiology education. It was also in 1947 that CID added a master's program in deaf education, also the first such program in the country.

In September 2003 in the wake of CID's financial difficulties, Washington University in St. Louis acquired the graduate education, clinical, and research divisions, formalizing a longtime connection between the two institutions. These programs are today known as "CID at Washington University School of Medicine".[3] Clinical and research programs are operated through the Department of Otolaryngology; the graduate education programs are operated through the Program in Audiology and Communication Sciences. The CID school remains a separate, non-profit agency focused on educating children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

## Campus

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The CID campus is located between Clayton Avenue and Interstate 64 in St. Louis's Central West End, south of the Washington University Medical School. The westernmost building of the complex is also its oldest, dating to 1928. The institute's original 1916 building was torn down around 2000, when the modern portions of the complex were built. The 1928 building, designed by local architect William B. Ittner, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015 as a reminder of the institute's early history.[4]

## Notable alumni

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* Alan Hurwitz (born 1942), appointed as the tenth President of Gallaudet University in 2010.[5]
* Heather Whitestone-McCallum attended CID from 1984 to 1987. In 1995, Whitestone became the first deaf woman to be crowned Miss America.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Central Institute for the Deaf - History". Central Institute for the Deaf. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
2. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Hallowell Davis, 96, an Explorer Who Charted the Inner Ear, Dies", The New York Times, September 10, 1992. Accessed July 18, 2010.
3. ^ Naudi, Jack. "WASHINGTON U. BUYS RESEARCH ARM OF SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 19, 2003. Accessed July 18, 2010.
4. ^ "NRHP nomination for Central Institute for the Deaf" (PDF). Missouri DNR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
5. ^ "Getting to Know... Alan Hurwitz", Jewish Deaf Community Center News, December 3, 2010, January 2011 / Tevet 5771, Issue No. 108. Accessed December 8, 2019. "An expert lip-reader, Hurwitz is a 1965 graduate from Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis where he spent a decade learning to talk as a child."
6. ^ Kanwar, Tanuja. "Former pageant winners send congratulations to student", Gadsden Times, September 18, 1994. Accessed July 18, 2010.

## External links

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* Washington University in St.Louis Website
* CID Website

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| Statewide|

* AL Inst f/t Deaf and Blind
* AK St Sch f/t Deaf & Hard of Hearing
* AZ State Schs f/t Deaf & Blind
* AR Sch f/t Deaf
* CA Sch f/t Deaf, Fremont
* CA Sch f/t Deaf, Riverside
* CO Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
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* FL Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
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* KY Sch f/t Deaf
* LA Sch f/t Deaf
* MD Sch f/t Deaf
* Gov Baxter (ME) Sch f/t Deaf
* MI Sch f/t Deaf
* MN St Acad f/t Deaf
* MO Sch f/t Deaf
* MS Sch f/t Deaf
* MT Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
* NC Sch f/t Deaf
* E NC Sch f/t Deaf
* ND Sch f/t Deaf
* Katzenbach (NJ) Sch f/t Deaf
* NM Sch f/t Deaf
* NY St Sch f/t Deaf
* OH Sch f/t Deaf
* OK Sch f/t Deaf
* OR Sch f/t Deaf
* RI School f/t Deaf
* SC Sch f/t Deaf & the Blind
* TN Sch f/t Deaf
* W TN Sch f/t Deaf
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* VA Sch f/t Deaf & Blind
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* WI Sch f/t Deaf
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* Ctrl NC Sch f/t Deaf K-8
* NE Sch f/t Deaf
* Scranton State Sch f/t Deaf (PA)
* SD Sch f/t Deaf
* TX Blind, Deaf, & Orphan Sch
* VA Sch f/t Deaf, Blind, & Multi-Disabled
* WY Sch f/t Deaf

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* Governor Morehead School (NC)

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* 47 The American Sign Language & Eng Sec Sch (New York City)
* Alexander Graham Bell K-8 deaf program (Chicago)
* Horace Mann Sch f/t Deaf & Hard of Hearing (Boston)
* Marlton (Los Angeles)
* Milby HS HS deaf program (Houston)
* Mockingbird ES (former Stonewall Jackson) elem. deaf program (Dallas)

| Closed|

* Detroit Day Sch f/t Deaf
* Barbara Jordan HS for Careers Deaf program (Houston) (converted into other purpose)

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* T. H. Rogers K-8 deaf program (Houston)

Charter|

* Metro Deaf School (Minnesota North Star Academy merged into Metro Deaf)

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* American Sch f/t Deaf
* Beverly Sch f/t Deaf
* Clarke Schs for Hearing & Speech
* Christian School and Chapel f/t Deaf (PR)
* Kendall Demo ES (DC)
* The Learning Ctr f/t Deaf
* Lexington Sch & Ctr f/t Deaf (NY)
* Tucker Maxon
* Model Sec Sch f/t Deaf (DC)
* Moog Ctr for Deaf Ed
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* Willie Ross Sch f/t Deaf
* Scranton Sch f/t Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing Children (PA)
* St. Rita Sch f/t Deaf
* Western PA Sch f/t Deaf

| Closed|

* Austine School

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Tertiary
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* Gallaudet University
* National Technical Institute for the Deaf
* National Center on Deafness

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* Central Institute for the Deaf
* Summit Speech School
* Wright-Humason School for the Deaf

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