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  1. Oct 2017
    1. By the middle of the 19th century, one in every 25 people in Chilmark was deaf. In the U.S. overall, by contrast, that number was roughly one in 5,700.

      There's 4% people were deaf in Chilmark in 19th century.

    2. They were also the beginning of a language and deaf culture unique to the island—one that used to thrive, but is now extinct.

      They the beginning of people use the thrive in this iland