
Magazine for the deaf community. As Horizon celebrates its 50th anniversary, See Hear revisits an episode made 40 years ago which looked at teaching methods to help deaf people.
Horizon, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s long-running science programme, celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014. See Hear takes this opportunity to revisit a documentary made 40 years ago called Curtain of Silence. This documentary highlighted what were then ground-breaking new teaching methods and technologies to help deaf people speak and hear. We catch up with three of the people featured in the programme, as well as speak to an educational expert to find out how teaching methods and attitudes in deaf education have changed since.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Horizon: The Curtain of Silence - Revisited
Duration: 01:31
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Horizon - Original 'Curtain of Silence' available on iPlayer from May 22nd, 2014

The Curtain of Silence, originally shown in 1974Ìýwithout subtitles or in vision signing, will be made available on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer as part of Horizon's 50th Anniversary Collection, where deaf audiences will be able to watchÌýthe documentary in full with subtitles for the first time.
Keep an eye on the See Hear website forÌýthe link to the to watch the original programme on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ iPlayer, which will be availableÌýfrom May 22nd, 2014.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Series Producer | William Mager |
Executive Producer | Roger Farrant |
Broadcasts
- Wed 7 May 2014 10:30
- Thu 8 May 2014 00:25ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except Scotland