The original name was "The New England Industrial School for the Education and Instruction of Deaf Mutes", usually referred to as the New England Industrial School for Deaf Mutes. Students were taught to talk and taught lip reading, the recommended method of teaching deaf children at the time.
The original name was "The New England Industrial School for the Education and Instruction of Deaf Mutes", commonly known as the New England Industrial School for Deaf Mutes. Pupils received instruction in speech and were taught lip-reading, a common approach to educating deaf children at that time.