"Deafness United States History." . . "Education, Special United States History." . . . . . . "When the mind hears"@en . . . . . . "Biography"@en . "History"@en . . . . "Fortune and misfortune"@en . . . . . . . . "History of the deaf"@en . . . . . "This film centers on events that lead to the founding of education for deaf students in the United States. Thomas Gallaudet, encouraged by Mason Cogswell to learn the European methods of educating deaf students, enrolls at Saint-Jacques. It is here that Gallaudet convinces Laurent Clerc to accompany him to Hartford to assist in founding a school for the deaf in the United States. \"You will be a living proof that what has been believed impossible--the education of those born deaf--is indeed possible.\""@en . .