Apuntes para una historia da educación de xordomudos en España

[Resumo] Neste artigo partimos das primeiras referencias que encontramos na historia sobre a educación de xordomudos. España foi o primeiro país en dedicarse ó ensino de xordomudos, gracias a figuras como Pedro Ponce de León, o seu primeiro mestre, no século XVI. Á continuación aparecen unha serie de persoas e institucions que se ocuparon deste tipo de educación ó langa de catro séculos, destacando entre todas elas o Colexio Nacional de Xordomudos en Madrid, nos séculos XIX-XX.[Abstract] This article uses early references from historical records on the education of the hearing and speech impaired. Spain was the first country to provide education for deaf-mutes, thanks to figures such as Pedro Ponce de LeOn and his first teacher in the XVI century. Over a period of four centuries there have been a number of people and institutions that have dedicated their efforts to this type 01 education, one 01 the most outstanding of which is the National School lor the Deaf in the XIX-XX centuries