Show animals are ears for deal deaf woman GOODING IDA deafness has proved no great handicap to mrs violet gooding tor for she has inky a cat and impy a dog to serve as her ears the amazing thing about the two animals is that they have been trained in the universal sign language ot of the deaf there are no spoken commands in mrs goodings home her hands do the command tog kag no doorbell warns of impending visitors when someone at the door presses a button a red light comes on in the living room II if mrs gooding notice it impy or inky do and notify their mist niss impy im py awakens mrs gooding every mom morning by patting the bed covers mrs gooding who lives alone Is self supporting working tor for the state school tor for the deat deaf and blind here her husband died in 1937 |