Central Institute for the Deaf
| CID - Central Institute for the Deaf | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| St. Louis, Missouri | |
| 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. |
| Languages | English |
| Website | www.cid.edu |
825 S. Taylor Ave.
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 Washington University in St. Louis.
CID was founded by Max Aaron Goldstein, MD, a renowned ear, nose and throat physician, in 1914. 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 regarding methods of teaching the deaf how to speak using "remnants" of hearing.
Under Dr. Goldstein's leadership, CID became a successful school for the deaf and training program for teachers of the deaf. 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. In 1947, a master's program in deaf education and a Ph.D. program in audiology - a new field of study - were added. CID's faculty were instrumental in the development of the field of audiology, particularly Hallowell Davis and Ira Hirsh.
After Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals was hit on the head with a baseball while trying to break up a double play in Game 4 of the 1934 World Series, Goldstein arranged for Dean to have a hearing test at the institute.
Hallowell Davis came to St. Louis from Harvard Medical School and was the institute's director of research. Some of his early work there was done on behalf of the Veterans Administration, developing improved hearing aids for those who had suffered hearing loss in combat.
In September 2003 in the wake of financial difficulties, Washington University in St. Louis acquired the institute's graduate education, clinical, and research divisions, formalizing a connection between the two institutions which had been longtime collaborators on research and education related to the deaf. These programs are today knows as "CID at Washington University School of Medicine." .
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