In 1817, the first school in the United States for students with a significant hearing loss was called the American Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb. Today we know the school as

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The correct name of the first school in the United States for students with a significant hearing loss is the American School for the Deaf. The other options are not the names of the first school for the deaf in the US. Thomas H. Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University) is a university for the deaf and hard of hearing, but it was not the first school for the deaf in the US. The University for the Deaf and George Mason University do not focus solely on educating the deaf and hard of hearing.

In 1817, the First School in the United States for Students