September 28 is International Gung Day

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September 28 is International Gung Day

 International Day of the Deaf was established in 1951 in honor of the founding of the World Federation of the Deaf and Dumb. According to statistics, every ninth person in the world suffers from hearing impairment.
Hearing loss can be the result of injury, illness, or congenital.
There are 2500 languages ​​in the world. But there is also another form of communication that has recently attracted more and more educated people, a sign language - the World Federation of the Deaf “gestuno” in the 50s to serve deaf and dumb events such as congresses, symposia, conferences. developed a system of gestures called.
In 1960, the abbot de L’Epe founded the first Parisian Institute for the Deaf in France. The abbot was a supporter of sign language. Do not believe the myths that the deaf are few and far between. Dozens of wonderful and great people were deaf. Pierre de Ronsar was a Renaissance poet, a good dancer, who was called the "Prince of French Poets."
Great individuals who have been deaf in history; Victor Hugo, Ludwin Van Beethoven - the great composer, Antonio Sta'oli - the Italian painter, Claude-Andre Desen - the French sculptor, Jean-Jacques Rousseau - the French philosopher and writer.